Kim Warren on Strategy
Strategy insights and living business models
Strategy Dynamics Briefing 45: Political, Economic, Social and Technological Factors
So far in the Briefings we have shown you can drive your own destiny, but you cannot escape external forces altogether…
How to clarify adaptive capacity
There is a ton of academic stuff on this, but our dynamics terminology can be quite exact about it. To “adapt” implies building specific resources and capabilities that…
To spin off or combine businesses?
Just got this question on my LinkedIn group – Should a mid-size multi-business firm spin-off different businesses into independent companies to spur growth or pool-in collective resources for…
Strategy Dynamics Briefing 44: Staff development before joining the organization
Recent briefings have focused a lot on customer-development, but the development of other resources also has important implications for strategy and performance…
Stop asking 'What is Strategy?'
Online groups seem obsessed with asking what Strategy is, and what’s its value. If we don’t know, we can hardly expect others to listen to us. It’s simply…
Beyond budgeting
Great presentation on Beyond Budgeting at the Perf Mgmt Assn in Cambridge by head of reporting at Statoil. A small group of top corporations [see Linked-In] including names…
Strategy Dynamics Briefing 43: Customer segments and the choice pipeline
One characteristic on which customers often differ is their willingness to adopt new products and services…
Strategy Execution - not all about projects
Most work on why strategies don’t get done focus on culture, but a new book [1] blames poor project management. It explains how the process should work, and tools…
Strategy reversal at Netflix
A thoughtful review of Netflix move to split DVD from streamed movie delivery and then reverse the change. It’s good to see an event examined for plusses and…
Strategy Dynamics Briefing 42: More extensions of the customer choice pipeline
Although the choice pipeline is most easily seen in fast-moving consumer products, it also shows up in many other situations… Where? Read on to find out!