A senior exec taking my course points out a common blind-spot – the strong cash-flow possible in mature/declining sectors. This firm, part of a global business, makes large-volume…

How to Prepare for a Black Swan in strategy+business offers good advice to assess exposure to disruptive events, but misses key elements a strategy can and should cover. In…

A great episode of BBC’s Horizon hints that business leaders may feature 4x more psychopaths than the average population – up to one in 25 – just might…

This briefing offers some observations that, whilst illustrated by Briefing 40, are far more general.

With worries about world economies falling back again, we could reflect on how we got in this mess, and some questions for Strategy. Recessions usually start, I hear,…

Strategy is a mess, as most accept, so this book explains why and what might be done about it.

I see strong 2nd quarter profits at Boeing,  just after hearing their strategy VP explain their heavy use of strategy models. Their industry model led them not to cut…

Resources do not just develop within an organization, but may do so before becoming an active part of the business. For example, employees may have been aware of a potential employer for many years before choosing to seek employment, and this dynamic of building awareness and understanding can have a big impact on an employer’s success in hiring the people it needs. Read on to find out more…

A smart-arse student glibly stated ”Culture eats strategy for breakfast” – a remark attributed to Peter Drucker. A quick Web-search finds this quote often admiringly repeated. But it”s…

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?