Model a Human Strategy
The greatest differentiator in today’s world is connection, context, judgment and empathy –not data, models or analysis. If you’re a founder or leader facing strategic headwinds, you have choices about […]
Resilience Trumps All
Startups aim to accelerate execution and grow fast. But when conditions change, they have no strategic reserves. A resiliency strategy pays dividends. Organizations tend to focus on increasing efficiency and […]
Strategic Inertia
Persistence is a virtue. But refusing to quit is the more common strategic error. No one wants to be a quitter. We all know it is a loser’s game. […]
Subtraction Strategy
Strategic success depends on clarity and focus. But strategies often include so many projects that nothing is a priority, and no one can focus. It’s an epidemic! The number of […]
Janus Strategy
An auto-antonym is a word that has at least 2 meanings that mean the opposite of each other. For example, one definition of “sanction” is to disallow. But another is […]
Haters Gonna Hate Annual Strategy
What do you think of annual strategic planning? Does your organization do it? Is it productive? If you don’t do it, why not? The Hate Brigade I have been struck […]
The Low-Hanging Fruit Dilemma
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. -John F. Kennedy “Pick the low-hanging […]
Is Your Strategy Ready For A Recession?
Unless you’ve been living on Mars, you’re probably aware that lots of people and indicators suggest we’re aiming for a recession. That may or may not be true, But regardless […]
Deciding Strategy Despite Uncertainty
Many of today’s leading founders and CEOs have never weathered an economic downturn. It’s been almost 10 years since the recovery from the great recession, and business has been booming. […]
Uncertainty Grammar
In Turkish there is a suffix (mis) that turns a statement uncertain. It’s used to create the “inferential” mood. We don’t have anything like it in English or other Latinate […]