E74: Shaking Up Your Strategy with Zack O’Connor of Fort George Brewery

E74: Shaking Up Your Strategy with Zack O’Connor of Fort George Brewery

Author: Small Batch Standard December 29, 2023 Duration: 45:56
We are thrilled to welcome Zack O’Connor, Senior Vice President of Fort George Brewing Company onto the True Craft Podcast this week. Strategic planning has often been treated as a once-a-year check box on a to-do list, but what if there’s a better, significantly more impactful way? Zack sheds valuable insight into his collaborative approach, always-evolving process, and growth mindset around strategic planning. There’s something about the pairing of resilience and humility that really does it for us over here at SBS — and this episode hits hard. Links: Fort George Brewery - Website Fort George Brewery - Instagram Fort George Brewery - Facebook Zack’s Reading Recommendations: Great by Choice by Jim Collins The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

Every week on The True Craft Podcast, hosts Chris Farmand and Katy Noel pull up a chair for the kind of frank talk you’d usually only get in a private office or after hours at a trade show. This isn’t about surface-level success stories. Instead, each episode features a genuine conversation with a craft business owner, digging into the real and often messy details of running an operation. You’ll hear about the specific hurdles they’ve faced, the unexpected opportunities they’ve seized, and the tough, daily decisions that define life as an entrepreneur in this hands-on world. Created by Small Batch Standard, the podcast serves as an essential resource for practitioners who want to move beyond theory and into the practical realities of management and growth. The discussions are grounded, insightful, and focused entirely on the experiences of people who are actually doing the work, making it a unique listen for anyone building a business with their own hands. Tune in for a dose of honesty and actionable perspective that cuts straight to the heart of what it means to be a craft owner today.
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