Strategy Execution
5 Ways To Keep Your 2022 Corporate Goals On Track
With half of the year behind us, it is downhill from here to the end of 2022. Company leaders are already considering how they will…
Start With A Question When Crafting Your Future
What if instead of asking young adults what they want to do after high school, we asked them what problem they want to solve? If…
The Ticker: Universal Health Care and Vaccine Distribution
Does a country's health care system impact its COVID-19 vaccine distribution? Perhaps, but it may not be the most important component.
The Pros and Cons of Stakeholder Capitalism
Pick a side and prepare to be conflicted.
Four Distinct Ways To Deliver Consulting Services
There are different ways to deliver consulting work or to deliver value as a service. Some of those ways could look like any one of…
Intentionality is the Backdrop for Strategy Execution
Why do so many organizations fail to deliver on the opportunities that have been thoughtfully identified in their strategic plans? Most often it is a…
Strategic Frontiers: Part II – How to Get There
In the first part of this series, I asserted that strategic horizons are not uncovered by looking at your current business and trying to figure out…
Building a Strategic Frame and Aligning on Strategic Projects
The president of a fast-growing division of a Fortune 100 technology company with an imperative to diversify and open up new and unconventional thinking established…
Saving Lives Five Months Faster: How Innovation Accelerates Speed To Market
One of our pharmaceutical clients recently came to us with an innovation project: They wanted to dramatically speed up their production process. This client specialized in cancer-fighting drugs.…
Why Your Business Won’t Be the Same in 5 Years: The Case for Strategy Innovation
IBM once made grocery scales and cheese slicers. Nokia made paper products. Both are now known for something entirely different, building the case for strategy…
Strategic Alignment Saves Pharmaceutical Distributor $70M Annually
A pharmaceutical distribution company gained a competitive advantage in the market by being the first in the industry to embrace IT. As competitors followed suit…
Increasing Market Share by Transforming Sales Organization
A postage equipment company that has been losing sales in their traditional product sector had a unique opportunity to gain market share and increase sales.…