Ongoing market changes and technology advancement have posed an inevitable need for businesses to transform themselves in order to compete and thrive. Transformation for transformation’s sake could drain resources for little return. There are six key success factors for business transformation. 1. Customer experience enrichment Transformation efforts need to be… [More]
Articles: Strategy
The Leap to Excellence
The Pantheon in Rome is an ancient structure that displays architectural and engineering excellence. The circular dome consumed over 4,500 metric tons of concrete. The base of the dome is over 20 feet deep, tapering to just under 4 feet to the top around the centre oculus. It is the… [More]
Deconstruct Your Strategic Goals for Clear Results
Driving in the fog with poor headlights is dangerous. A wrong turn could be fatal. For a business, the strategic goals serve as the guiding light as it navigates through the competitive landscape. There are many approaches to do the annual strategic plan for a business. They range from reviewing… [More]
The Leap to a Strategic Future
Enter the address for a store in Google Maps and it returns a map for the vicinity with a red bubble highlighting the exact location of the store. If you need directions to get there, you enter your starting point. Google Maps provides two or three suggested routes and the… [More]
Watch What You’re Doing
Here’s an article I wrote for CMA Update Magazine – reprinted with permission. Watch What You’re Doing
10 Challenges of measuring what matters
Here’s an article I wrote for CMA Update Magazine – reprinted with permission. 10 Challenges of Measuring What Matters
The Mojo Of Successful Strategy Execution
Eat the dots and watch out for the pesky ghosts! The Pacman game was one of my favourite pastimes in my university years. You score points by navigating through the maze to gobble up dots and bonus fruits, and timing the use of the power pills to swallow the ghosts…. [More]
Take Those Blinders Off, Fast
Blinders are placed on a racehorse to keep it focused on what is in front and not get distracted by the crowds during the race. In business, while it is good to be focused, it is perilous for a company to rest on its laurels and under-estimate the impact effected… [More]
Winning in Navigating a Maze
Walking with both arms fully extended and eyes on the lookout for the right step forward, I navigated through the mirror maze with excitement, caution and determination to exit the maze with no bruising nose. The “Alhambra” Mirror Maze in Lucerne’s Glacier Garden has 90 mirrors set on 124 triangles…. [More]
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