Strategy implementation insights combining technical expertise with collaborative change management. Transform strategic intent into operational excellence.
The business press is seemingly clear – we are now living in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous VUCA world (as if it was not before!) Even if this really were a new paradigm as some claim it to be, have we adapted our approach to business strategy to reflect this VUCA environment?
“Strategic marketing”, “Strategic accounts”, “Strategic initiatives”. The business world is littered with the term “strategic”. What does “strategic” mean and are your value propositions strategic?
Finding the key bottleneck to achieving your aspiration brings focus to both strategy design and execution. Root cause analysis techniques can be powerful tools to expose the hidden bottleneck.
Everything you believe is needed for changing a business from current state to future state
Arkaro recently posted a LinkedIn poll with the question “What is most frustrating about your strategy process?” Poll results highlight agility but other issues are raised...and solutions offered
Staircase models are popular for breaking an overall high-level aspiration into sequential milestones, sometimes yearly. Staircases are a type of roadmap, and can be very useful visualisation of a plan, but they cannot be described as a strategy.
Most strategy statements fail because they don't guide daily decisions. Dr Pete Compo's breakthrough definition changes everything: 'A strategy is the central rule of a framework, designed to unify all actions and decisions around busting the bottleneck to achieving the foremost aspiration.' Real strategy provides real-time guidance.
The Killer Problem #1 to change and innovation – achieving the aspirations is what matters – but aspirations are not directly actionable