Social Mood and Strategy A recent opinion article in New Scientist got me thinking about the influences of strategy. In the article, How Social Mood Moves the World, John Casti explores how many things, including the behavior of the stock market, elections, and buying behavior, reflect the mood of the consumer. This is yet another factor that must be factored into strategic … [Read more...] about Social Mood and Strategy
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How to Avoid Adopting Meaningless Measurements
How to Avoid Adopting Meaningless Measurements Meaningless measurements waste time. However, measurement offers crucial insight and reports on the success of strategy. Measures report the walking of a chosen path or not. Measurements determine personal and organizational performance. How do people and organizations differentiate between tactical and strategic measurements? … [Read more...] about How to Avoid Adopting Meaningless Measurements
Strategy and Technology Transform Industrial Age Assumptions
Strategy and Technology Transform Industrial Age Assumptions Updated March 25, 2022 All organizations should examine how they employ industrial age points-of-view. When firms apply an industrial age lens, they tend to over-index efficiency and productivity: how do we generate more money (or save more money) over the same period of time. A report by Eric Felten in the … [Read more...] about Strategy and Technology Transform Industrial Age Assumptions
Internet Search Futures: Lessons from The Pursuit of Dominance
Internet Search Futures: Lessons from The Pursuit of Dominance This strategic lesson comes from a strategy that by its very size precludes serious consideration of alternatives. Firms that don’t have the vision to challenge their own assumptions will falter. The big search firms hold strategic positions tied too closely to their own success. More importantly, to each other’s … [Read more...] about Internet Search Futures: Lessons from The Pursuit of Dominance
Strategy and What Not To Do: The US National Debt
Strategy and What Not To Do: The US National Debt as an Example Strategy is as much about what not to do as it is about what to do. The US Government as a whole (vs. the slices the parties claim as theirs) lacks a sense of strategy. If they had a strategy, they could explain in clear terms what the trade-offs are between programs. But rather than explain, they obfuscate, … [Read more...] about Strategy and What Not To Do: The US National Debt