How Many Strategy Binders Do You Have? Get Strategy Out of the Binders
Ron Lamb2017-07-02T16:07:32-07:00One of the first things that I do with a new client is to ask to see any documents regarding their last strategy. What I get is usually a thick
The Heart of a Canadian Fish Mystery: Dead Fish in the Ottawa River
Ron Lamb2017-07-02T16:07:32-07:00It's been about 10 days since my last post. You could call it the perfect storm, as three events came together. Nature trumps Internet Access: I've traveled with my family
It’s Hard to Get on the Same Page When Everyone Speaks a Different Language
Ron Lamb2017-07-02T16:07:32-07:00The Tower of Babel It is exceptionally difficult getting everyone on the same page to execute a strategy or high-level targeted outcome. It’s especially hard to do when
Current Execution Methods Can’t Deal with Unpredictable Change: Hope is Not a Method
Much of the change in organizations seems be unpredictable to those experiencing it. In those cases where you feel that you are the one instigating the change, it feels unpredictable
Blogging Trials and Tribulations
Ron Lamb2017-07-02T16:07:33-07:00You may have seen that I've had the odd day without a new posting. Getting a Blog going is tougher than I thought. The Trial: One of the first things
Strategy Group LInkedin Discussions – Questions to the Group – The Wylam Dilemna: Learning, Important Dialogue, Self-Promotion or a Waste of Time?
When I first starting my Strategy 2 Execution Blog, where were no other ways to start a broad based discussion on key issues on the subject. Twitter was an unknown
Great Strategy Discussion:The Best Corporate Strategic Planning Methodologies
Ron Lamb2017-07-02T16:07:33-07:00Alan S. Michaels President of eCompetitors Inc started what has become a very popular strategy discussion on Linkedin.com. It is a must read for anyone interested in how to improve
Bringing Together Financial Measures, Strategy and Execution, Enterprise Architecture and Change Efforts: Targeted Outcomes to the Rescue!
Ron Lamb2017-07-02T16:07:33-07:00Lack of Coordinated Effort at the Enterprise Level I've rarely been in a meeting where the following leaders have met to bring about a coordinated effort to synchronize their key
Business Context Changes Faster Than You Can Execute Anything Important.
Ron Lamb2017-07-02T16:07:33-07:00One of the primary guidelines I share with clients is; Business context changes faster than you can execute anything important. How relevant is that? I just had a long term
Curling in Abidjan, Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) Africa circa 1982
Ron Lamb2017-07-02T16:07:33-07:00This the second installment sharing a personal work experience having worked in over 45 countries. One picture that keeps coming back to me is about execution in the Cote d'Ivoire.