Kim Warren on Strategy
Strategy insights and living business models
Why "theory" matters - if it is General, Useful and True
Yes, yes – I know! … we’re all practical folk who have no patience with theory!! But stick with me … We all use theory, all the time.…
Balanced Scorecards are great - but we can go so much further with digital twin business models.
It’s hard to recall the impact that Balanced Scorecard (BSC) had in the first couple of decades after it hit the business world. For the first time, leaders…
"Strategy" can happen fast, and you need the means to respond just as quickly
To illustrate a point in my post on digital twin business models as a strong platform for strategy implementation … that strategy is not only about the long-term,…
Get great results by using digital twin business models to implement your strategies and initiatives
This is a big one! So there’s a more detailed article you can access from the bottom of this post. I have used the case of Beyond Meat Inc (making non-meat…
Where do delays come from?
I know I bang on endlessly about the importance of “stocks”, but they really are important. Here’s the puzzle – there is no mechanism in the real world…
An impossible staffing transition - thwarted by physics
I once had a top executive from a US Bank in a workshop who explained a worthy aim for her organisation – they wanted to increase the representation…
"Adoption" challenges are everywhere
(I owe this one to my friend Lars Finskud at Vanguard Strategy – thanks Lars!) Most of us are familiar with the idea of the marketing “AIDA” framework…
All the KPIs you need in a digital twin dynamic business model
Most organisations have Key Performance Indicators or KPIs for top level performance-tracking – financials of course, but often other factors like sales growth and staff turnover. And many…
The "net promoter score" hype and the true sales-growth mechanisms
So here’s another hyped up fad – Net Promoter Score (NPS). Leaders understandably dream of simple magic bullets that will solve their biggest challenges, and how to drive…
Temp staff - the fix that fails
UK followers will know that our beloved National Health Service (NHS) is in deep trouble, with staffing shortages and high staff turnover across many of its medical professions.…