Focused Momentum

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The complexity of coordinating across traditional organizational boundaries and the need to maintain operational excellence while driving strategic change makes cross-departmental planning one of the most challenging aspects of strategy implementation.

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ITONICS

JANUARY 13, 2025

In an era defined by disruption and rapid change, traditional approaches to strategy are falling short. Dr. Christian Stadler , Professor of Strategic Management at Warwick Business School , has been a leading advocate of Open Strategy.

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Focused Momentum

JANUARY 31, 2025

Is your brilliant new strategic plan at risk of failing before it even starts? While successful strategy implementation requires excellence in communication, organizational alignment, and cross-departmental planning, we often see organizations stumble on alignment - the crucial bridge between strategic vision and operational reality.

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Stephen Shapiro

JUNE 20, 2024

As an added bonus, the book was a #1 new release in the Strategy Management category. The post #1 New Release in Strategic Management appeared first on Stephen Shapiro. Two days ago, PIVOTAL launched. The conversations on social media were incredible, and the early feedback has been phenomenal.

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Michael Roberto

MARCH 13, 2025

Source: Wikipedia This week, Southwest Airlines announced a major strategy shift. Southwest has made these changes after pressure from an activist investor, Elliott Investment Management. The stock market reacted positively to the news of the strategy changes at Southwest. Here is what they found: "Does strategic purity pay?

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BrainZooming

APRIL 3, 2018

Two junior team members in chief of staff / program manager roles asked how to best align with senior leaders to successfully share a strategy across an organization. The Way to Successfully Share a Strategy. Facilitate objectivity when judging the effectiveness and success of early strategy implementation.

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Focused Momentum

MAY 16, 2019

With a strategic plan complete, the leadership challenge switches from strategic thinking to strategic management. Fundamental to the successful management of a new strategic direction is an organization's ability to guide strategy implementation while managing the current plans and commitments.

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 10, 2016

Based on a literature review of 114 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles it shows that sustainability is an important topic for managers but they just rarely consider it in strategic management. Many companies therefore still lack a strategic approach to integrating corporate sustainability into strategy.

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innosabi Innovation Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

To stay ahead of the curve, you need a smart strategy for managing your innovation projects. And that’s where innovation portfolio management comes in. By strategically managing a diverse range of innovation initiatives, businesses can maximize their impact and ensure sustainable growth.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 11, 2025

Without structured portfolio analysis, companies may invest in underperforming initiatives, miss high-potential opportunities, or struggle to align their strategies with market demands. By understanding these portfolio types, businesses can ensure that each one is strategically managed to support overall company objectives.

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Norbert Bol

MAY 21, 2018

Today I am writing my 100th blog post on Strategy Blogs. When I started to blog about strategy, innovation and sustainability, I had no experience in blogging. The main idea was to explore the possibilities of blogging about a topic that I find very intriguing, which is: “how to manage innovation for sustainability”?

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BrainZooming

JUNE 8, 2017

It’s avoidable if you do the right types of planning for planning and then eagerly, actively, and honestly engage all the appropriate parts of your organization in contributing to the strategies you develop. Strategic Planning – How many strategic plans do we need? Four Must-Know Ways to Read a Strategy Document.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 28, 2016

We are big fans of strategy statements incorporating simple language an organization uses to talk about its daily business activities. Strategy statements should not be filled with complex jargon that most people cannot understand or with generic language that could apply to ANY business. Think about that for a minute.

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Norbert Bol

JULY 23, 2016

In this Strategy Blog I would like to share with you the blogs of CEO’s that I follow because they also discuss strategic management issues. If you have additions to this list of CEO’s who blog about strategic management issues please let me know. Ben’s Blog by Ben Horowitz, CEO of Andreessen Horowitz.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 11, 2017

We worked with a client to facilitate an information technology strategy vision. From before the engagement’s launch until near the completion, we asked for strategy documents spelling out corporate priorities, objectives, and expectations. Despite repeated requests, no one ever surfaced this type of strategy document.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 4, 2017

General managers and non-financial executives are placed in unfamiliar and poorly-performed accounting roles. Budget meetings are not integrated with strategic planning and business strategy. Accounting and finance act as if they control the business and are integral to generating revenue and profit.

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Cascade Strategy

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Strategy is a huge deal for most organizations. That's why we've compiled this comprehensive guide to the best strategy tools available. That's why we've compiled this comprehensive guide to the best strategy tools available. It's also a huge topic, that covers many different aspects of running your organization or team.

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Focused Momentum

APRIL 17, 2019

A mission statement can inspire and fulfill a unique role in your strategic management toolkit , but they often play a boring role in the organizations that have them. It is because when given the chance, groups tend to want to spend our precious strategic thinking time wordsmithing.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 26, 2023

Innov8rs | Making strategy behind closed doors is a prescription for failure when disruptions are coming from all directions. Formulating and executing a sound organizational strategy is complex. Strategy is often made by elite teams and can thus be limited by their biases about competitors, customer needs, and market forces.

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Focused Momentum

APRIL 11, 2019

But in strategy development, the enthusiasm of working hard to create brilliant new thinking can quickly fade when you get to the implementation phase. If you are like most of us, building something you're proud of makes you excited to share it.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 8, 2016

What a strong first day at the Brand Strategy Conference in New York. The kickoff presentation on the first day was from Kodi Foster, Vice President – Data Strategy at Viacom. Five Things Your Content Marketing Strategy Should Deliver. His five-points form a strong checklist with which to assess your content marketing strategy.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 2, 2016

Many organizations are in the early stages of executing new strategies for this year. That is when you discover whether you have a solid, implementable plan or something that (maybe) looks good on paper, but doesn’t work well when you try to execute the strategy. 9 Strategic Thinking Questions for Helping Teams Execute Strategy.

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BrainZooming

MAY 16, 2017

Big strategy statements shaping your organization needn’t be complicated. Our free “Big Strategy Statements” eBook lays out an approach to collaboratively develop smart, strategic directions that improve results! If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

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BrainZooming

JULY 11, 2017

As I explained it, our objective when leading a strategic planning process is to make sure the result is an innovative, implementable strategy. 9 Things to Deliver in a Strategic Planning Process. That specific phrase (an innovative, implementable strategy) is very important to a strategic planning process.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 6, 2016

I am in New York today delivering a Brainzooming branding strategy workshop on Engaging Your Internal Brand Team. The event is the Brand Strategy Conference. Our content addresses collaborative ways to strategically engage employees in creating and delivering the best brand experience.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2017

Talking to executives, you hear the expectation that an organization should implement a solid strategic plan strategy-by-strategy. To the extent a strategic plan is not implemented in that way, it falls short in some fashion. 7 Collaborative Strategic Planning Process Impacts (Even if the Plan Sits on the Shelf).

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BrainZooming

APRIL 12, 2016

That’s not the way to advance an internal branding strategy. My suggestion for these videos to have an impact on their internal branding strategy? Then, capture them explaining strategy at employee meetings. D ownload Your Free Internal Branding Strategy eBook! Video them talking with employees.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 1, 2017

Related posts Making a Decision – 7 Situations Begging for Quick Decisions Fast Forward Your Strategy Implementation Process: Free eBook 15 Ways Whoever Is Going to Disrupt Your Market Isn’t Like You Strategic Planning – 7 Questions for Avoiding Strategic Management Failures Project Management Techniques – 5 Final Report Success Tips.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 15, 2024

Here are specific examples of how these technologies can be applied: Strategic Planning and Decision Making AI algorithms can analyze vast amounts of data to identify trends, opportunities, and threats. Improve Financial Management AI platforms analyze financial data in real-time, offering insights for cost reduction and revenue optimization.

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CMOE

AUGUST 21, 2019

This section will cover inspirational quotes about strategic management. The post Strategy Quotes Part 4 appeared first on CMOE. This is the fourth installment of a four part series about leadership quotes.

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Norbert Bol

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The best read strategy blog in 2015 was the blog from 1 February 2015 about “ Sustainability driving innovation “ I personally like this blog the most as well, as it supports the evidence that sustainability strategies stimulate innovation, beacuse sustainability needs new knowledge and capabilities. Conclusion.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2017

Do you dread strategy meetings ? Really, we’re among friends, so you can be completely truthful in your answer: Do you REALLY, REALLY DREAD strategy meetings? Every executive dreads strategic planning. 80 Fun Strategic Planning Activities and Ideas! We’ve been facilitating fun strategic planning activities for years.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 29, 2015

Sustainability strategy in constrained economic times “ The different articles in this special edition all focus on the sustainability behavour of companies in tough times. Companies have used their sustainability strategy to maximize strategic value by focussing more on the real customer needs and reduce costs.

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Focused Momentum

JANUARY 17, 2025

While many organizations have sophisticated marketing and communications teams, translating a strategic plan into compelling messages that drive action requires a unique blend of strategic thinking and communication expertise.

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BrainZooming

JULY 6, 2016

Innovation Strategy. Download this free, action-focused mini-book to: Learn smart ways to separate strategic opportunities from the daily noise of business. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 27, 2019

Sustainability competences can be described as a cluster of related knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that enable a person to act effectively on sustainable development.

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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Formulating a sustainability strategy can be a challenging task. Implementing the strategy in an organization is even a bigger challenge. Engert & Baumgartner (2016) have added communication (internal and external) as a new factor relevant for a successful implementation of sustainability strategies. Norbert Bol. Literature.

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