Organizations struggle with execution at different levels, starting with strategy. It’s not because they lack ideas or ambition but because they fall for these persistent myths. They lead to misalignment, poor decision-making, and ultimately, failure. Based on my expertise in strategy, risk, and execution, here are the biggest myths that mess it up for you …
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Moving Forward with Awareness and Intent A culture evolved from ‘the way things are’ is more destructive than one that revolves around ‘this is the way we do things’. What do you think? It’s time for straight talk about the damaging effect of what is known as ‘habituation’. In other words, it’s a phenomenon …
To capture the significance of a keystone, let’s first put it in perspective. A keystone in architecture is a central, wedge-shaped stone designed to support the weight of the arch. It distributes the forces acting upon it. When a load is applied to the arch, such as the weight of the structure, the arch exerts …
In my last post (via video), I spoke about the three crises we’ve lived through over the past 20 years. We can now determine that they each had five common challenges. The challenge I mentioned previously was the need to have a greater connection between the strategy and the people in the organization. Today, I …
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In the mid 1990’s I was asked to take on a role that, quite unexpectedly, required me to be an ‘Internal Consultant’. This was all new to me. I had ‘observed’ what consultants did when they advised senior executives, but clearly, I was not one of them. I did not learn how to be an …
