The New Long-Term Planning in the Caribbean
Three Caribbean CEOs reveal how visionary companies balance survival today with winning tomorrow. Douglas Orane unpacks Grace Kennedy's legendary 2020 Vision—a 25-year strategic plan launched in 1996 that transformed a struggling Jamaican conglomerate into a global consumer group worth $533M. See how doubling productivity, building owned brands, and targeting the diaspora created compound advantages competitors couldn't replicate. Christine Thompson shares Chuck E. Cheese's brutal pivot during COVID—converting fixed costs to variable, negotiating percentage-based rent, and maintaining brand presence while revenue collapsed 85%. Discover how high-touch entertainment businesses survive when social gathering becomes the enemy. Graham Robinson demonstrates planning for today, tomorrow, and the future simultaneously at Stanley Black & Decker. Learn the 80/20 operating system, why spans and layers flatten in remote work, and how to invest for growth while restructuring for cost. Essential frameworks for navigating economic aftershocks while planting seeds for recovery. 00:10:40 Grace Kennedy's 2020 Vision: four drivers including developing people, owning brands, growing internationally, doubling productivity 00:24:25 Chuck E. Cheese survival strategy: restructured P&L with variable costs, percentage-revenue rent, value propositions during fear 00:39:41 Long-term evidence: companies embracing 15+ year strategies grew revenue 4-7% more, earned 36% higher profits 00:46:32 Planning framework: 80/20 principle for today, adjacencies for tomorrow, services transformation for future at scale 01:40:40 Grace Kennedy results: $36M to $533M market value, 300M to 768M revenue over 25 years
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