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

18 May 2022

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

28 March 2022

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

29 November 2021

“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?” … Read More
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Why Marketing Isn’t Strategy – and Why That Matters – by Graham Kenny

8 November 2021

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

6 September 2021

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: … Read More
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Turning Around the Failure Rates in Strategy Execution – by Graham Kenny

30 June 2021

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, … Read More
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4 Key Qualities of Successful Division Managers – by Graham Kenny

18 May 2021

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

26 April 2021

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 … Read More
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The Secret to Measurable Objectives – by Graham Kenny

21 February 2021

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

1 February 2021

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 … Read More
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Use Rivalry to Sharpen Your Business Strategy – by Graham Kenny

19 August 2020

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

9 July 2020

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” … Read More
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The One Question that Will Get You to Strategy – by Graham Kenny

21 August 2019

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 … Read More
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4 Secrets to Simple Performance Measurement – by Graham Kenny

21 August 2019

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 … Read More
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Measuring Activity Is Not Measuring Performance – by Graham Kenny

21 August 2019

“I could,” I explain, “measure the number of PowerPoint slides I employ. I could measure the number of times I use the whiteboard. Or the number of sheets of flipchart paper I use. Or the … Read More
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