Thoughts on Iyas A

Freedom has Consequences

Freedom has Consequences

Freedom. So easily abused and misunderstood when we have it. So fundamental for our humanity that we have to fight for it when we don’t. My heart (and many more…

Where strategy goes to die No. 9 – The framework is rarely the problem or the solution

A common response when strategy doesn’t seem to be happening is to throw out the framework for implementing it and look for a new one. But in my experience, the…

Where strategy goes to die #8 – A masterpiece of spreadsheets, not humans

A strategy articulated by the most beautiful and elegant diagram of neatly-fitting geometric shapes is often laid waste by the less elegant actions of totally ungeometrically-shaped and unpredictable objects. Humans.…
Mess in your strategy is normal

Mess in your strategy is normal

“No one should develop a strategy without taking into account the effects of organizational friction. Yet we continue to be surprised and frustrated when it manifests itself. We tend to…
5301 trees and 7 women entrepreneurs

5301 trees and 7 women entrepreneurs

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