Kim Warren on Strategy

Strategy insights and living business models

· Strategy

Strategy isn't "messy"

… and there are general insights. Just jumped on another claim that strategy is too complex,  subtle and case-specific to understand or learn about. (I hope the link works – it’s a LinkedIn discussion in The Strategy Bureau group under “Should strategy be taught like medicine?”) The first claim was…

Kim Warren

acquisitions, complexity, generalisable, over-expansion, strategic, Strategy, subtle, The Strategy Bureau

· Strategy

Limits to growth

I see that icon of ‘not even the sky is the limit’, Ryanair, is finding gravity still exists. In a curious ‘threat’ to curtail growth, lively CEO O’Leary says it’s not as easy to pick up dirt-cheap aircraft as he did in 2002. He’s not quite so open about the company’s…

Kim Warren

airlines, over-expansion, Ryanair, starbucks

· Strategy

Big mistake at Starbucks?

I’ve blogged on Starbucks before, but just seen their results for y/e Sep08, with sales up $9.4>10.4bn but profits down $1.1>0.5bn. A pity, but what are they doing about it?

Kim Warren

annual results, downturn, HR strategy, mckinsey, over-expansion, retailing, staff culture, starbucks, starbucksgossip, Strategic error, workforce management

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