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Executing Strategy in a Work-from-Anywhere World – by Graham Kenny

Posted on May 16, 2022 Comments Off on Executing Strategy in a Work-from-Anywhere World – by Graham Kenny

Covid-19 has kickstarted a revolution. Employees now work from home, indeed, work from anywhere (WFA). Work patterns have changed forever, with most employees relishing the freedom, and the time saved on a daily commute. I know of people who have gained an

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Business Model Extension: Key to Executing the Circular Economy – by Graham Kenny

Posted on March 28, 2022 Comments Off on Business Model Extension: Key to Executing the Circular Economy – by Graham Kenny

The circular economy employs recycling, repair, reuse, remanufacturing, refurbishment, and sharing to offer remedies for our global waste crisis. There have been many calls for a shift from linear to circular – appeals to consumers to change their ways and to businesses

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In Strategy, It’s Ok to Say “We Don’t Know” – by Graham Kenny

Posted on November 29, 2021 Comments Off on In Strategy, It’s Ok to Say “We Don’t Know” – by Graham Kenny

“We don’t know” is unacceptable in some occupations. If you were to pop your head into the pilot’s cabin before take-off on your next flight and ask, “do you know how to fly this thing?” you’re not expecting to hear “we don’t

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Why Marketing Isn’t Strategy – and Why That Matters – by Graham Kenny

Posted on November 8, 2021 Comments Off on Why Marketing Isn’t Strategy – and Why That Matters – by Graham Kenny

A senior executive recently suggested to me that the disciplines of “strategy” and “marketing” should be merged. There’s no need any longer for them to be separate, he proposed. I took note. This was, after all, a senior manager of a major

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Adopt a Multi-Business Mindset to Diversify Successfully – by Graham Kenny

Posted on September 6, 2021 Comments Off on Adopt a Multi-Business Mindset to Diversify Successfully – by Graham Kenny

We’ve seen whole industries devastated in the wake of Covid-19. Many businesses, looking for ways to stay alive, have considered diversification. But all too often they flinch because a message has been drilled into them: Don’t diversify. “Stick to your knitting!”, the

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Turning Around the Failure Rates in Strategy Execution – by Graham Kenny

Posted on June 30, 2021 Comments Off on Turning Around the Failure Rates in Strategy Execution – by Graham Kenny

Strategy execution has always been tricky. Volumes have been written over decades about how to do it. An equal quantity of material has been generated on why strategy execution is so poor. One recent report, for example, adds to the string of

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4 Key Qualities of Successful Division Managers – by Graham Kenny

Posted on May 18, 2021 Comments Off on 4 Key Qualities of Successful Division Managers – by Graham Kenny

There’s been mountains written on what it takes to be a successful manager. But what if that manager is working in the context of a diversified organization? What special skills does it take to run a division? The inability to find effective

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Forget Market Timing, Focus on Point of Difference – by Graham Kenny

Posted on April 26, 2021 Comments Off on Forget Market Timing, Focus on Point of Difference – by Graham Kenny

We live in an age of great innovation spurred by amazing advances in information technology, the internet, and social media. These changes are inspiring a constant stream of new business ideas. However, many of these will be snuffed out in their prime.

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The Secret to Measurable Objectives – by Graham Kenny

Posted on February 21, 2021 Comments Off on The Secret to Measurable Objectives – by Graham Kenny

I’m pretty sure you’ve had this experience. You’re in a strategic planning session for your organisation and you get to the point where someone suggests “we need to write down our objectives.” Some game individual then stands up and walks to a

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Beware of Catch-22 in Your Organisation Design – by Graham Kenny

Posted on February 1, 2021 Comments Off on Beware of Catch-22 in Your Organisation Design – by Graham Kenny

Not so long ago, organisation design was a primary concern of CEOs seen as a fundamental driver of effectiveness and efficiency. It seems to have dropped off the agenda of late being replaced by many of today’s issues such as gender mix

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Use Rivalry to Sharpen Your Business Strategy – by Graham Kenny

Posted on August 19, 2020 Comments Off on Use Rivalry to Sharpen Your Business Strategy – by Graham Kenny

Analysing “the competition” is a tried and tested method for developing strategy. But what do you do when the discussion turns bland and unfocused? Here’s a trick to sharpen your strategic team’s competitive instincts. Use rivalry. It will get them producing more

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4 Steps to Reach Your Business Competitive Potential – by Graham Kenny

Posted on July 9, 2020 Comments Off on 4 Steps to Reach Your Business Competitive Potential – by Graham Kenny

Louise, a senior partner at a large national law firm, I’ll call it Robinson & Rose, pulled me to one side at a break in my seminar on business strategy. “I get what you’re saying” she said “but my firm is so

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The One Question that Will Get You to Strategy – by Graham Kenny

Posted on August 21, 2019 Comments Off on The One Question that Will Get You to Strategy – by Graham Kenny

It’s a truism to say if you don’t ask the right question, you won’t get the correct answer. This is true in developing business strategy. The problem executives have in organizations is that invariably they are asking the wrong two questions. As

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4 Secrets to Simple Performance Measurement – by Graham Kenny

Posted on August 21, 2019 Comments Off on 4 Secrets to Simple Performance Measurement – by Graham Kenny

Can you nail the distinction between “simple” and “simplistic”? If you can, you’re well on the way to successful  performance measurement. If a model is simple it contains only those elements essential to explain a result. On the other hand, a simplistic

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Measuring Activity Is Not Measuring Performance – by Graham Kenny

Posted on August 21, 2019 Comments Off on Measuring Activity Is Not Measuring Performance – by Graham Kenny

An important part of my role as a management consultant is to workshop the secrets of measuring performance effectively. The best way to unpack it is to start with the example at hand, so I suggest ways to measure my performance in

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Recent Articles

  • Executing Strategy in a Work-from-Anywhere World – by Graham Kenny
  • Business Model Extension: Key to Executing the Circular Economy – by Graham Kenny
  • In Strategy, It’s Ok to Say “We Don’t Know” – by Graham Kenny
  • Why Marketing Isn’t Strategy – and Why That Matters – by Graham Kenny
  • Adopt a Multi-Business Mindset to Diversify Successfully – by Graham Kenny
  • Turning Around the Failure Rates in Strategy Execution – by Graham Kenny
  • 4 Key Qualities of Successful Division Managers – by Graham Kenny
  • Forget Market Timing, Focus on Point of Difference – by Graham Kenny
  • The Secret to Measurable Objectives – by Graham Kenny
  • Beware of Catch-22 in Your Organisation Design – by Graham Kenny

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