Strategy

Strategy and Tactics – Two Sides of the Same Coin

Mike correctly pointed out in his comment to my last post, Strategy By Any Other Name, that I didn’t address the difference between strategy and tactics. Well let’s take a look now. First, I think there are really two questions here. One…

One Picture For All: Visualising Business-Technology Strategy

In the process of developing a Business-Technology Strategy, I wanted to create Gamestorming-like approach to help position business drivers, technology trends and IT responses. I've been reading 'The Agile Architecture Revolution' by Jason Bloomberg (highly recommended!) - I particularly was inspired by the…

A Strategy by Any Other Name

What is strategy? That question pops up a lot and everyone seems to have an answer. Just not the same answer. However, one thing is clear. Most people and I mean truly smart people often get strategy wrong. So wrong in fact…

Why YOU Need a Business Architecture

I just returned from the OMG/BA Guild Business Architecture Innovation Summit where there was a lot of discussion on the subject of business architecture value. No one had a good answer for either creating a business case or measuring value delivered. This…

Implementing Organizational Structure and Focus

When I joined the IT Department at the American University of Sharjah as the Director, I was presented with an organizational structure challenge.  I found out that I had 21 direct reports and that my department did not have a concept of…

www.forbes.com: outside-in & competitiveness

".. Harvard Business School professor Ranjay Gulati writes:Those companies built around an inside-out mind-set—those pushing out products and services to the marketplace based on a narrow viewpoint of their customers that looks at them only through the narrow lens of their products—are…

Understanding the Strategy Diffusion Problem

“Everyone is trying to do their best but they don’t fully understand our strategy. As a consequence, we are getting better and better at things that don’t matter.” Senior Business Manager While most leaders have a good idea of what they want…

Types of Cost

When planning and measuring business benefits there are three basic contributing elements: revenues, costs and intangibles. If you look for guidance on “types of cost” most sources decompose cost types in accounting terms like those shown in the very good extract from…

Why You – Yes YOU – Need a Vision

You need a vision for your organization. Not some marketing jingle for your clients and stakeholders but a clear and meaningful view of where you want your organization to go. A view that might be informed by your manager and clients, but…

Why You – Yes YOU – Need a Vision

You need a vision for your organization. Not some marketing jingle for your clients and stakeholders but a clear and meaningful view of where you want your organization to go. A view that might be informed by your manger and clients, but…
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