I have been puzzled by the documented cases of supposedly “wicked” problems that do not seem to me to be particularly wicked at all, and I suspect do […]
Strategy eats culture for breakfast – yes, you read that right
Given all the hard work that true experts put into building powerful solutions to strategy challenges, it is truly depressing how easily folk are seduced by sexy-sounding slogans. […]
There’s much more to “strategy” than the business plan (B)
More on that push-back from a strategy expert, challenging my claim that the issues below are all unavoidable parts of managing an organisation’s strategy. Strategy – they say […]
Abductive strategy building – beats hypothesis-testing
My last post noted that hypothesis-testing is recommended as a scientific and efficient method for developing strategy – or maybe figuring out what’s going wrong. But that post […]
The rigorous modeling process follows the Pyramid Principle
My last post “Get buy-in with the Pyramid Principle” explained a process to win support for important conclusions or recommendations … start with the key recommendation, or issue […]