The FBS Podcast30 Nov 2025

FBS 41 Developing High Agency

The episode explores George Mack’s powerful concept of High Agency, defining it as the characteristic of individuals who "do notaccept the constraints in front of them and instead find a way to get what they want", and who view the future as something to be shaped by human action.This capacity is built on a "tricycle" of distinct skills: clearthinking, bias to action, and disagreeability. The Forest Business School’s six-month Essentials program (and other offerings) cultivates this capability in mid-careerprofessionals by reorienting their habits and operational approach, resultingin a shift from compliance to authorship. The transformation is achieved by blending economic clarity, operational discipline, and environment design;participants adopt a culture of candor and truth-telling about the conditions of their work, recognizing that High Agency requires being "ruthlessly honest with themselves". They learnthroughput accounting to confront finacial truths and make decisive actions regarding profitability and waste;furthermore, they use Critical Chain Project Management to clarify project scope and reduce paralyzing multitasking, strengthening their bias toward action and execution. By employing constraint-driven thinking, participantslearn to see their work as a system, identifying bottlenecks to find leverage by focusing on the "right domino to push first", positioning themselves as the architects of their systems rather than just actors within them.

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FBS 58 Forest Ranger Ernie Blue & High Agency

In this episode of the FBS Podcast, we take a briefdeparture from our usual business topics to explore the inspiring life and forty-year forestry career of Ernest Wells Blue, a rural farm boy from One...

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FBS 57 The 6-Month Essentials Program - Apply Now!

In this episode of the FBS Podcast, listeners get an inside look at the flagship 6-Month Essentials Program of Study as applications officially open for the 2026–27 cohorts. Directed at mid-career rur...

13 Aug 12min

FBS 56 Fallout from Lost Low-Grade Markets

In this episode of the FBS Podcast, we unpack the immediate financial and silvicultural shockwaves triggered by Finch Paper's sudden decision to halt roundwood purchases and cease pulp production. For...

7 Aug 20min

FBS 55 Responses to Low-Grade Market Losses

Welcome to episode two of this special two-part series of the FBS Podcast, brought to you as part of The Forest Business School’s ongoing commitment to helping mid-career professionals in forestry and...

26 Jul 22min

FBS 54 The Vanishing Pulpwood Market

Welcome to episode one of a special two-part series of the FBS Podcast, where we break down Finch Paper's recent decision to halt local roundwood pulpwood purchases and what it signals about the conti...

26 Jul 17min

FBS 53 New Forest Carbon Apps

This podcast episode explores how two free independent web applications, FCO (https://fco.forestenterprise.org/) and CARBINE (https://carbine.forestenterprise.org/), are lowering the steep technical l...

26 Jun 16min

FBS 52 Vermont Disaster Grants for Working Lands Businesses

In this episode, we break down the latest details onVermont's $31.7 million Agriculture and Timber Disaster Assistance Block Grant, designed to help working-lands businesses recover from the severe 20...

22 Jun 19min

FBS 51 Have Fun Learning with the SumBuck App

In this episode, we dive into SumBuck, a free and robust virtual training app that provides hands-on practice for hardwood log bucking and grading. Developed by Steve Bick of the Forest Business Schoo...

1 Jun 17min