I see you can go to Harvard Business School and learn about ‘Driving Corporate Performance – Aligning Scorecards, Systems, and Strategy’ [July 13 - 18, 2008]. I come across balanced scorecards in most organizations these days, and of course it’s a good idea to look at the stuff inside the business that actually drives results, rather than just those results themselves. Unfortunately, unless guided by real experts [and sometimes even then], scorecards often feature the same problems that afflict ...

We keep being told that investors value growth in future earnings over short term profits [yes, early], so an article on Corporate Health in an Earnings-Driven Environment is welcome and helpful. It considers the kind of initiatives a company can undertake to balance short- and long-term well-being alike. 

It seems that executives worry about global trends [political, economic, social and technological] but mostly don’t act on them because of more important immediate issues, limited resources and skills, ...

I’ve got so much on for the foreseeable future with responding to interest in the book that sounding off about strategy issues generally has fallen off my radar-screen just now. But if you want to start a discussion on things, take a look at the forum – www.strategydynamics.com/forum .