People make strategy much harder than it needs to be. For some, the problem is that they focus too much on the tools: environmental scans, SWOT analyses, customer analyses, competitor analyses, financial modeling, and so on. Other people get into trou…
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My Eureka Moment With Strategy
Do you find that company strategy meetings often descend into adversarial position-taking? Many people complain to me that it’s the single biggest block to strategy-making that they encounter. But getting around that block is a lot easier than you mig…
Preparing for Decision-Making Meetings
Tim’s email seemed like an innocent enough request. “Our graphic designer missed this week’s deadline. Gather in the conference room at ten to decide what to do.” Since he never actually said “meeting,” Tim’s message caught me off guard. “Gather” sound…
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