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An exercise to think about your business differently

25 February 2022 • by Ivan Miroshnychenko, Alfredo De Massis in Strategy • 1 min read

Businesses can learn from successful family businesses. Challenge your conventional thinking with this exercise. ...

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A better measure for success?

24 February 2022 • by Arturo Bris in Strategy • 1 min read

A lot of time is spent measuring the success of companies, through profits, productivity, and growth, but are we getting it right?...

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Is your organization suffering from inertia?

22 February 2022 • by Thomas W. Malnight, Ivy Buche in Strategy • 2 min read

Success can breed complacency. If your organization has grown and entered the sphere of established incumbents, you should beware of inertia....

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Three exercises to test your ESG strategy

21 February 2022 in Strategy • 2 min read

Stakeholders are demanding companies get serious about their ESG goals, so before you craft your strategy, learn what is required....

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Supply chain: cracking down on the bullwhip effect 

16 February 2022 • by Ralf W. Seifert, Olov H. D. Isaksson in Strategy • 5 min read

The bullwhip has captured headlines during the pandemic, but the problem has been wreaking havoc on supply chains for decades. Traditional strategies to crack the bullwhip have largely failed. Now, a new...

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How to raise prices in times of inflation 

16 February 2022 • by Stefan Michel in Strategy • 3 min read

Consumer psychology is key when passing on costs: maintaining profit is considered fair but increasing profit is not. ...

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Biased boards? How framing affects decision-making 

14 February 2022 • by Bettina Büchel in Strategy • 6 min read

How we frame decisions can have a substantial impact on the choices we make. Combining strategy and risk discussions through the process of scenario analysis can help avoid bias. ...

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Mastering strategic agility comes down to learning how to minimize strategic trade-offs

11 February 2022 • by Stéphane J. G. Girod in Strategy • 6 min read

Strategic agility is a difficult concept to unpack as there are so many ingredients to it. Two-thirds of participants in a webinar given by Professor Stéphane J.G. Girod said they considered it...

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A one-question quiz that could reveal your readiness to design a strategy

10 February 2022 • by Michael D. Watkins in Strategy • 2 min read

There are a lot of pieces to put together to form a strategy, but often leaders find there is one piece left out and it could be important....

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Business transformation and how to handle it: lessons from the front-line 

10 February 2022 • by Richard Roi in Strategy • 8 min read

Konica Minolta is known as a printer company, but a dual transformation is underway. Sam Errigo, Chief Operating Officer at Konica Minolta Business Solutions in the US, talks to Ric Roi about...

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