The great strategy consulting irony

Strategy consulting cover your ass

Um, what about your employees? Continue Reading

Adoption of technology: Don’t whiff on this

Adoption of technology

Another area where communication and empathy would benefit us all. Continue Reading

Strategy and planning somehow became buzzwords

Strategy and planning

It’s less about the allowable buzzwords for executives, and more about keeping a majority of people in the loop re: what’s happening. Continue Reading

Customer insight? That requires thinking, yes.

Customer Insight

What if I told you … it’s possible to view customers as more than simply wallets with fingers? Continue Reading

Innovation process: What’s the real secret?

Innovation Process

The three words most Americans tend to use a lot in business, and almost always incorrectly? “Strategy” would be 1, “innovation” 2, and “entrepreneur” 3. Continue Reading

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Business strategy ain’t walking through that door

Business Strategy

In all likelihood, your strategic plan / road map / vision is just a series of operational spreadsheets. Can we fix this? Continue Reading

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What in the shit is a Chief Strategy Officer?

Chief Strategy Officer

Chief Sandwich Orderer? (You’ll understand the joke if you read the post.) Continue Reading

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Your strategic plan: What you’re missing

Strategic Plan

Most people have no idea how to do a strategic plan, often confusing “strategy” with “operations.” Sooo … how can you possibly get close to anything resembling a strategic plan? Continue Reading