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Implementing strategy is a team sport
Image source: Strategy Implementation Institute Experience delivers results I am an experienced consultant but I learn new things every day because I make an effort to do so. Being active in professional associations…
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The Importance of being You – trust matters
Sometimes the most important thing you can bring to work is you. Your experience, your values, your gut feelings, your passion, your caution, your knowledge and your perspectives. You are the sum of all you have learned…
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Learning by doing … and Vikings
Replica Viking longship at Roskilde, Denmark. Image credit: Jacquie Hamer We often learn best by doing things. We need knowledge and data but we need to do something useful with it too. If we don’t act on our knowledge,…
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Imagining a future helps create it
Imagining the Future. Image credit: Freepik Imagining a future helps create it. Envisioning a future state does not mean predicting the future. None of us has a crystal ball but if we can imagine what the future might…
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Is digital transformation real?
Is digital transformation real? Are the benefits achievable? Every few years there is a new management fad. How do we separate the hype from the value? We look at what digital transformation promises and what it…
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Organisational Improvement – 4 operating modes
Source: pch vector on Freepik Improving organisational capability is critical to raise productivity. Organisational improvement occurs in different ways. The language of disruption is common but true disruption creates…
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Strategic Doing: Faster Strategy, More Doing
Strategic Doing is a powerful way to achieve meaningful change and address complex problems. Complex, or sticky problems have no clear solution. They can absorb a huge quantity of resources – and often little obvious…
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Collaboration drives strategic success
Source: istockphoto.com Thinking Team Concept as an inclusive business success metaphor for creative teamwork and diversity strategy with 3D illustration elements. Some ideas bear repeating to get the message across.…
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The Power of Cross-Functional Collaboration for Strategic Success
Image by Freepik We cannot underestimate the power of collaboration and cross-functional alignment when implementing strategy. Nobody succeeds alone. The world has become far too interrelated and complex for individuals…
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The crucial role of communication for strategic success
Directors have spent 12 months developing their new corporate strategy but somehow it doesn’t seem to be having any impact. The strategy has even been internally published. However, little change is taking place. So,…
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