Many Strategies Fail Because They’re Not Actually Strategies
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“Why do we do it this way?” If the answer is a shrug of the shoulders and a proclamation of “That’s how we’ve always done it,” it may be a prime candidate for change. Change it unless it is crystal clear that the old way is substantially better “Successful firms are characterized by maintaining bott
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- “Why do we do it this way?” If the answer is a shrug of the shoulders and a proclamation of “That’s how we’ve always done it,” it may be a prime candidate for change.
- Change it unless it is crystal clear that the old way is substantially better
- “Successful firms are characterized by maintaining bottom-up internal experimentation and selection processes while simultaneously maintaining top-driven strategic intent.”
- A real strategy involves a clear set of choices that define what the firm is going to do and what it’s not going to do
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