Monthly Archives: January 2010

Efforts and results are connected in the following way: Results typically require effort, sometimes in quantity and sometimes qualitatively. Efforts and results are separated by time. Sometimes they happen close together and sometimes they are separated by several years or … Continue reading →

When you pick up the phone you expect to hear a dialtone. (There was a time that in some parts of the world you didn’t, I don’t know if that is true anymore!) Think of a ‘dialtone’ as something people … Continue reading →

There are a few different starting points in executing your strategy. This is where the ‘universe is created’ and you discover or invent ‘why it is created’: Build a business from ground up. If you live in Silicon Valley, CA, … Continue reading →

If only strategy execution could be reduced to a series of equations! Alas, no. There is a staggering amount of qualitative decision making that has to happen in order to get things done. It is a natural of being in … Continue reading →

A photograph is a snapshot in time. A movie shows events as they unfold over time. During strategy execution, in telling your story, you often have to provide snapshots: A portfolio readout is a photograph. It will change quickly as … Continue reading →

This is an age old conflict, first documented by the Greek philosophers. Simply put, philosophers are searching for the ‘truth’. They don’t care if your point of view is ‘better’ or ‘superior’. They will embrace it if it is closer … Continue reading →

When asked about the line of sight from cause to effect, sometimes the answer is: “It’s fuzzy”, or “I can’t tell” or “I have no idea” This is not necessarily bad news. For one thing, the listener now knows that … Continue reading →

Obviously… it depends. Go ‘broad’ when: You don’t have time to go deep. You don’t know what you don’t know. It is premature to commit. Your role requires you to be a ‘connector’, not a subject matter expert. (Your reason … Continue reading →

In addressing a situation, people usually look at 2 places: The past: “What happened?” This usually gives clues to root causes and triggers. The future: “What will happen?” This will help define outcomes and scenarios for the purpose of goal … Continue reading →