Pity to see that long-rising star, Starbucks, in trouble over the last year or so. Specially intriguing to see the similarities with the MacDonalds’ trouble around 2005 – over-expansion.

Kim Warren was awarded the Jay W Forrester Prize in 2005 for his previous book “Competitive Strategy Dynamics”, for his synthesis of business strategy and system dynamics.

Strategic Management Dynamics [SMD] is a new textbook – this starts with understanding how an organization’s resources behave, and are developed and connected into a ‘strategic architecture’ that drives performance [whether in corporate, public-service or non-profit settings]. It then addresses the competitive dynamics and the implications for profitability. It is consistent with, and adds ...

Our friends and partners from Egypt’s leading management development agency, RITI, they even managed to launch the book with us in Cairo before we did in London! As I was there with Suresh Mistry from our strategy training business SDS running a 2-day strategy dynamics class for senior executives, they had Wiley ship some of the first copies out, and had me give a talk to 90 of their key clients.

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