Recent briefings have focused a lot on customer-development, but the development of other resources also has important implications for strategy and performance…
Strategy Dynamics Briefing 39: Resources carry attributes from stage to stage
Earlier briefings [starting at no.24] explained how resources carry attributes with them when won by, or lost from an organization. Resources also carry attributes with them as they develop from stage to stage.
Which common case illustrates this?
Strategy Dynamics Briefing 36: Developing resources
So far, we have simply assumed that resources can be switched on and off, but in many cases, resources may develop through a series of states. Sometimes this happens entirely within an organization, such as products being moved through stages in the R&D process. For some items, though, development may extend outside the organization, such as the growing awareness and interest of potential customers, and the continued influence of former customers.
How does this influence strategic thinking?
Strategy error at Shell
Sad to see Shell cutting 5000 jobs, making staff re-apply for 15,000 jobs, and aggressively driving down suppliers’ prices in an effort to cut its debt. This just 4 years […]