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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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5301 trees and 7 women entrepreneurs

Beyond the Quarter's mission is to create a world where business serves humanity. We help leaders build companies that are human, profitable and sustainable ...
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On Boris, on values, on apologies and on leadership

Liz Truss this morning said in interview that there are more important things to focus on than whether Boris Johnson broke lockdown rules. This ...
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Being authentic is not the most important thing

The "Be Authentic" religion has always troubled me. Dogmatic. Non-negotiable. Supreme. I don't buy it. It's not the most important thing, because it positions ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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A Special Place to work

A New Year's wish for all of us. There’s a Special Place to work. One that is exceptionally rare, and often only temporary. It’s ...
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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 timeAm I the only one who loves this time between Christmas ...
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Where Your Strategy Goes to Die #5 – Net Zero by 2050

Where Your Strategy Goes to Die #5 - Net Zero by 2050The challenge with Net Zero by 2050, as many point out, is that ...
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Where Your Strategy Goes to Die #4 – The PowerPoint Cemetery

PowerPoint lures many a finely-honed strategy into its lair, where it then suffocates all life from it. And the ugliest of those deaths even ...
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