Strategy implementation across the organisation
The key to effective strategy isn’t replacing corporate strategy but creating complementary frameworks at all levels that translate high-level direction into practical decision rules. Research shows only 28% of executives can list three of their company’s strategic priorities, and less than 60% of organizations align decisions with their strategic direction. Arkaro, in partnership with Dr. Pete Compo, brings the Emergent Approach to Strategy—a revolutionary method that defines strategy as ‘the central rule of a framework, designed to unify all actions and decisions around busting the bottleneck to achieving the foremost aspiration.’ This practical approach bridges the persistent gap between strategic intent and operational reality.
Do you recognise any of these challenges?
- Corporate strategy that fails to guide day-to-day decisions at team and operational levels
- Beautiful strategy presentations that leave people wondering what to do differently tomorrow
- Different functions operating with different versions of what the strategy means
- Middle managers unable to connect high-level strategy to their specific contexts
- The missing ‘translation layer’ between corporate direction and operational decisions
- Teams focusing on their local ‘best practices’ rather than overall strategic objectives
- Misunderstanding strategy as merely goals or aspirations without practical guidance
- The implementation gap where even well-designed strategies fail to deliver results
The outcomes we deliver
- Nested strategy frameworks that translate corporate direction into practical guidance at all levels
- Team-level strategy that complements rather than competes with corporate direction
- Clear decision rules designed to bust specific bottlenecks in each team’s context
- Enhanced cross-functional alignment through a common strategic language using the Strategy Triad
- Middle managers empowered as strategy translators connecting corporate vision with operational reality
- Greater ownership through involvement in creating relevant strategic frameworks
- Sustainable strategic capability that continues to develop long after our engagement ends
Our Approach
Arkaro’s ‘do it with you’ methodology builds lasting strategic capabilities through our proven 4-step approach:
- Understand: We assess how effectively your current strategy guides decisions throughout the organization, identifying where the translation from corporate direction to operational reality breaks down.
- Co-create: Using tools like the Strategy Triad, we work with teams at multiple levels to develop complementary strategy frameworks tailored to their specific bottlenecks and contexts.
- Enable: We equip your leaders bring these strategy rules to life in their daily decisions & tracks progress against plans with metrics.
- Sustain: We establish mechanisms for regular review and adaptation of strategy frameworks, ensuring continuity from corporate direction to frontline decisions.
Ready to bridge the gap between strategic intent and operational reality?
Get in touch today to discuss how Arkaro’s Emergent Approach can help your organisation develop practical strategy frameworks that drive aligned decisions at every level.
"Mark and I worked together in DuPont. We share the ambition to help businesses with strategy methods that quickly engage the minds of the people. He wants strategy that drives organisations with straightforward and down-to-earth guidance that brings harmony and efficiency to the organization in meeting its aspirations. This is why Mark is a natural partner to deliver the Emergent Approach™."
"Strategic thinking, result-oriented, and business acumen are where Mark is outstanding.
I had worked with Mark to establish Innovation Strategy Process and develop Innovation Strategy within the organization. He has the ability to facilitate and lead the challenging discussion. Mark is structured in his approach to inspire the team to embrace the risk and step out of comfort zone.
Certainly, one of the great professionals that I have worked with."
I had worked with Mark to establish Innovation Strategy Process and develop Innovation Strategy within the organization. He has the ability to facilitate and lead the challenging discussion. Mark is structured in his approach to inspire the team to embrace the risk and step out of comfort zone.
Certainly, one of the great professionals that I have worked with."
“Mark is a strong partner in driving problem solving and performance. He is skilled in core consulting and collaboration practices and engages with work teams very naturally. His technical skills are solid in business development, product management and strategy choices translated into differential management implementation.
Mark’ strong work ethic, flexibility and openness to people enables him to build relationships in new situations quickly.”
Mark’ strong work ethic, flexibility and openness to people enables him to build relationships in new situations quickly.”
"Mark has an extraordinary skill in synthesizing large bodies of data into insights that lead to critical decision making for increasing value to organizations and its customers.
Mark was instrumental in building business cases for organizational changes across sales, operations, customer service and strategy. His strategic thinking and analytical capabilities fosters valuable discussions within organizations that are willing to invest to grow.
Mark is a self-less team player and leader, devoted to making meaningful changes within an organization by establishing partnerships across functions and stakeholders. He gains the trust of his peers through his hard work ethics, attention to details, accuracy of data interpretation and clarity in communicating vision"
Mark was instrumental in building business cases for organizational changes across sales, operations, customer service and strategy. His strategic thinking and analytical capabilities fosters valuable discussions within organizations that are willing to invest to grow.
Mark is a self-less team player and leader, devoted to making meaningful changes within an organization by establishing partnerships across functions and stakeholders. He gains the trust of his peers through his hard work ethics, attention to details, accuracy of data interpretation and clarity in communicating vision"
“As a keen supporter of the NICE project, Arkaro’s insights into the scaling-up strategy have been invaluable. This collaboration reflects our shared vision of creating sustainable systems that improve urban nutrition and livelihoods. Together, we’re paving the way for impactful and scalable solutions that serve communities effectively.”
“While the project team was navigating the complexity of food systems transformation in Rubavu and Rusizi cities in Rwanda, the foremost challenge prevailed to link the demand, supply and food systems governance. Arkaro’s support contributed to closing the gaps and helping to develop the value proposition of the project effort with food systems approach to enhance food security and livelihoods for city population, as well as shaping the journey to scaling-up of the NICE project interventions.”
"The time spent with Arkaro was instrumental in shaping the future direction for the NICE project. Identifying the scalable unit was most critical. The ability to distil the various areas of focus for the second phase of the project is now positively impacted. The framing and design of the objectives, how to anchor and designing the indicators will benefit immensely from the input gained during these sessions."
