I just finished writing Strategy Execution Heroes - the expanded edition last week. It was a challenging, but rewarding experience. I tought it would be nice to give you a sneak preview on the content. The expanded edition features two new chapters. The first covers the Balanced Scorecard, the second zooms in on strategy. It also [...]
[Continue reading...]Good strategists say NO
“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do” – Michael Porter If you have clearly defined what you go for – a clear value proposition for a specific client segment (who) and a set of distinct, unique activities in your value chain to offer the needs of this client group (what), you will [...]
[Continue reading...]Corporate Social Responsability – a smart marketing move?
“Corporate Social Responsibility should be about more than colouring your annual report green and giving a bag of money to your favorite charity in return for some nice pictures” Reducing the effects of CO2, fighting poverty and cradle-to-cradle: topics that you will find on quite a few corporate agendas today. But are they launched with [...]
[Continue reading...]Strategy Quotes – update
I promised to keep you posted on my writing progress for my next book. Today, I finalised the chapter on strategy. Here’s the updated list of the quotes I use. It’s a combination of my favourite strategy quotes combined with some of my own. 1. “Strategy is a pattern in a stream of decisions” —Henry Mintzberg 2. “The [...]
[Continue reading...]Don’t put the support departments on a yo-yo, stop-go diet.
During major changes – I’m talking about steep growth or downsizing, the support departments have to follow the business. If you need more people, someone has to recruit them. If you have to trim the fat, everyone has to join in. But the problems lies is the way this happens. The heads of these support [...]
[Continue reading...]Get your measures right
“What’s the value of measuring speed if you are driving in the wrong direction?” “If you have too many rear view mirrors , it will be very difficult to see the road ahead” I see too many managers getting carried away with measuring strategy. When that happens, it does the organisation more harm than good. [...]
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