I was reminded by a recent conference of the one-time popularity of the idea that strategy is ‘crafted’ by leaders, rather than planned [we can thank Henry Mintzberg […]
Latest from HBR
A few nice articles in the July-August edition of HBR [‘Honing Your Competitive Edge’] including Amy Edmonson on the Competitive Imperative of Learning, and Anita Elberse asking Should […]
Strategy and Climate Change.
Good to see Peter Senge et al arguing that it’s both important and possible to tackle climate change [though I’m not sure how happy people may be taking […]
Demystifying corporate growth? – maybe.
I have pointed out before that management’s key purpose is to drive improved absolute performance [growing free cash flows in business cases], not hitting target ratios or benchmarks. […]
Why do poor strategic decisions keep happening?
Great collection of articles on the causes of poor decision-making in McK-Q. Even executives, who of all people we might expect to be economically rational, seem to fall […]