Thoughts on Execution

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…

Where Your Strategy Goes to Die #7 – Comedy without the humour

We all know someone who never lets the truth get in the way of a good story. Many of us have elected those people into national office. But look inside…
Thinking and Saying is the Easy Part

Thinking and Saying is the Easy Part

Coming up with a strategy is easy. Articulating values is easy. Defining a company purpose is easy. Articulating them well is much harder. But hardest of all? *Doing* them. Making…

Where Your Strategy Goes to Die #6 – No Explicit Time to Do It

Where Your Strategy Goes to Die No. 6 – Not giving it explicit time Am I the only one who loves this time between Christmas and New Year for work?…

Where Your Strategy Goes to Die #5 – Net Zero by 2050

Where Your Strategy Goes to Die #5 – Net Zero by 2050 The challenge with Net Zero by 2050, as many point out, is that it creates no urgency. It…

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