Strategy Email Series

Nothing lasts forever, and no champion remains in first place without working hard to maintain their position. In the same way, understanding the life cycle of your products or services is a fundamental aspect of strategic decision-making. This knowledge empowers you to anticipate consequences, plan proactively, and maintain innovation and competitiveness within your industry.

Ambiguity in goals leads to misaligned actions.

It may seem like an inconsequential piece of the puzzle, but choosing the right language for your goals is an incredibly important part of the strategic planning process.

Nothing lasts forever, and no champion remains in first place without working hard to maintain their position. In the same way, understanding the life cycle of your products or services is a fundamental aspect of strategic decision-making. This knowledge empowers you to anticipate consequences, plan proactively, and maintain innovation and competitiveness within your industry.

Nothing lasts forever, and no champion remains in first place without working hard to maintain their position. In the same way, understanding the life cycle of your products or services is a fundamental aspect of strategic decision-making. This knowledge empowers you to anticipate consequences, plan proactively, and maintain innovation and competitiveness within your industry.

Nothing lasts forever, and no champion remains in first place without working hard to maintain their position. In the same way, understanding the life cycle of your products or services is a fundamental aspect of strategic decision-making. This knowledge empowers you to anticipate consequences, plan proactively, and maintain innovation and competitiveness within your industry.

It’s a classic tool, a staple in the world of strategic planning. Whether it’s an old friend or a new concept, the SWOT analysis is a great exercise to empower your strategic thinking and planning endeavours by taking a 360-degree view of your organization.

SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats – four perspectives designed to bolster your understanding of both internal and external dynamics.

In the world of business and organizational development, it’s crucial to grasp how growth, maturity, and decline play out. Imagine it like the different chapters in a company’s story. The Organizational Life Cycle Curve is an exercise that allows us to understand how departments or entire organizations evolve. It’s a meaningful way to approach your strategy. So, is your organization growing or are you on life support? Let’s find out.Similarly, an organization that fails to centre its strategic planning around its core purpose (aka the “Why”) will result in missed opportunities, increased risks, and a lack of meaningful achievement.

In the strategic planning process, you need to have a vision for your organization, otherwise, what are your goals guiding you toward? As discussed in the last email, an organization has to be driven by its purpose; likewise, you also need to be future-focused with a clear handle on where you want to be. The visualization exercise is one way to accomplish that.
Similarly, an organization that fails to centre its strategic planning around its core purpose (aka the “Why”) will result in missed opportunities, increased risks, and a lack of meaningful achievement.

Sailing a ship without a destination is ultimately pointless. Without a clear purpose or goal, you’re merely navigating without a meaningful objective, leading to wasted time and effort with no concrete outcome to be achieved.

Similarly, an organization that fails to centre its strategic planning around its core purpose (aka the “Why”) will result in missed opportunities, increased risks, and a lack of meaningful achievement.