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
Summary Insight: SWOT is outdated.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
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).
Is your Product Management Designed to Scale? Summary Insight: If you’re stuck scaling-up, the problem isn’t your product—it’s your Product Management. Redesign this function, and execution speed, margin, and scale follow. Key Takeaways: Product Management is a distinct, high-leverage function—not
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
Voila! Instant Strategic Insight Summary Insight: Most strategy fails by missing the obvious: future demand. Ask one question, cut through the noise, and steer with clarity—before the market makes the decision for you. Key Takeaways: Demand is the single most
Yahoo is in the news this week because the board just hired Marissa Mayer away from Google to be its new CEO. Mayer, who by all reports is highly intelligent and creative, excels as a product visionary. Yet not surprisingly,
Find the Underserved Early Customers Summary Insight: If you’re building your product to be acquired, you’re already losing. Build for innovators, align your lifecycles, and let the dinosaurs come to you. Key Takeaways: Design for unmet needs, not incumbent giants.
Your Success is a Reflection of Your Commitment Summary Insight: Startups don’t fail from lack of ideas—they fail from lack of alignment, commitment, and clarity. Before you launch, run this checklist or risk wasting your life force on a nonstarter.
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