Mintzberg’s keynote role at a conference on the MBA is a worry, but his latest foray into strategy is too serious to let pass. In Management by Reflection in […]
Cost reduction and strategy
No surprise I suppose that many companies took the shock of the down-turn to focus on cost-cutting. In What worked in cost cutting—and what’s next? McKinsey’s report of […]
IT-driven innovation
Some great material from MIT on this issue – IT has recently had less attention in strategy discussions than it once had, but that’s a big mistake, and these […]
Sustained growth: a challenge
We’ve noted before that strategy is about delivering earnings growth, not hitting ROIC ratios, but it seems that’s not easy. In Profit from the Core: A Return to Growth […]
Behavioral strategy
Good advice from McKinsey on handling the behavioral issues of strategic decision-making. Important though this is, McK themselves have shown the strategy field offers little rigorous method for […]