Although it is common to distinguish strategy development from strategy implementation, it is not generally advisable to develop strategy first, then switch to implementing it. Not only is it impossible to know everything in advance but conditions continue to change as events unfold.

Recent briefings have shown how mapping out, rigorously, the interdependence amongst resources results in a model of the ‘machine’ that makes the organization function and deliver performance, which we have called its strategic architecture…
After a short break over the summer, the briefings resume. Read on to find out more about Strategic Architectures.

A devastating implication arises from the interdependency between resources from the previous briefing. For example, a simple story…

Seeing our bankers grilled by politicians for gross failure highlights a confusion we see much of – an implied assumption that great leadership is the same as great strategic management. 

Here’s my latest msg to the B School academics [remember the point of this is to get some useful strategy methods for executives and consultants]. Will let you all know what response I get.