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The Ultimate Strategic Planning Guide & Resources

Will your company hold strategic planning sessions in the coming quarter? If that’s the case, I highly recommend these two resources: See the Strategic Alignment Guide. Use this guide to run a world-class strategic alignment and planning session, including a

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A New and Better SWOT Analysis

Summary Insight: SWOT is outdated. If you want strategy that actually drives execution, upgrade to tools that expose root causes and align your team fast. Key Takeaways: Traditional SWOT analysis generates bullet points, not a systems-view. Use the Entropy Survey

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Introducing the Top-Level OKRs Strategy Survey

I’ve recently made available a powerful new tool for setting strategy. It’s called the Top-Level OKRs Strategy Survey. It relies on lifecycle theory to help you quickly align a Leadership Team on the right top-level objectives and key results (OKRs).

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When Ted Lost Control of Its Crowd

Nilofer Merchant (who I think is a smart and savvy systems thinker) wrote a piece for HBR recently titled When Ted Lost Control of Its Crowd. It’s a good synopsis of how Ted diluted it’s brand by creating licensed TedX

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The Pre-Startup Checklist

Before a startup ever launches, you should have a checklist of critical items in place. These items have nothing to do with writing a business plan or forming the articles of incorporation. In line with the old saying “well begun

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