Occupation: Writer Birth: 1969
What are you doing at the moment? How does that compare to your competitors? What do you want to achieve? How can you create something people want?.
Ideally, you will develop strategic response to your place in the corporate lifecycle to identify new paths of strategic renewal. You will look for n….
Strategy is not a solo sport, even if you're the CEO..
With a clever strategy, each action is self-reinforcing. Each action creates more options that are mutually beneficial. Each victory is not just for ….
A great strategy meeting is a meeting of minds..
The task of the strategist and leadership team is to reduce uncertainty in the areas that they can directly influence in order to pursue attractively….
Change is not overcoming inertia as much as it is redirecting, guiding, tweaking what already is and what has already happened. We must believe that ….
How much time have you invested in thinking about strategy? How many options have you considered before the plan was written? How have you ensured th….
Strategy was first used in Athens (508 BC) to describe the art of leadership used by the ten generals on the war council. Some argue for the more cre….
Strategists who don’t take time to think are just planners..
Becoming a strategic thinker is about opening your mind to possibilities. It’s about seeing the bigger picture. It’s about understanding the various ….
We need to move from comparative advantage to perpetual advantage..
Doing nothing requires effort. Over time, that effort is greater than the effort necessary to improve, or move somewhere better. The trick is to redi….
Strategy and culture should have breakfast together..
Whenever a maker and a thinker get together, really cool stuff happens..
Following the rules of your industry will only get you so far..
Give serious thought to why your company should care about your strategy. Specifically, find problems that the board wants to be solved. What are sen….
Innovation is new stuff that is made useful..
The real heart of strategy is the strategist..
Change is inevitable, progress is not..
Strategy is about shaping the future..