Perspectives
The gap between strategy and execution isn’t theoretical — it’s lived. This collection of articles offers grounded insights, practical tools, and real stories from the front lines of organizational change. For leaders who want to move from good ideas to lasting impact.
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Small Moves, Big Impact
What looks like minor design choices often determines strategic success.
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Stop Trying to Get Buy-In
If you’re Trying to Get Buy-in, You’re Already Too Late Do this Instead. When leaders ...
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Strategy Models are Useful, But Have Hidden Traps
Strategy Models Are Indispensable Models are essential to help teams organize and ...
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Start Where You Want to Finish
Designing Strategy From the Future In Strategic planning often begins with today — with ...
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Strategy Execution Only Works If People Change
A Case for Human-Inspired Strategy When strategies fail, it is often not because the ...
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Insights Reduce Waste
The ROI of Human Understanding Executives rarely set out to waste resources. Yet in ...
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Execution Doesn’t Equal Alignment
The Myth of Alignment Executives often take comfort in the idea that strategy execution ...
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The Science Behind Human Strategy
The Flawed Logic of Strategy Design Every leader has seen it happen. A new strategy ...
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When the System Pushes Back
Why Human Organizations Resist Linear Management Executives are trained to make order ...
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The Missing Middle
Where Execution Fails Many executives I speak with believe that if they design a strong ...
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