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Senior Leadership Knowledge seeking for strategy formulation – a case study

17/09/2023 By Howard Clark Leave a Comment

Most modern organisations are drowning in information but often short on knowledge. And as we all know, without knowledge, there is no meaningful learning or action. Therefore, it is wise for senior leaders to seek knowledge before taking action. I wanted to share what effective knowledge-seeking behaviour from leadership teams looks like. The Situation Some years ago, I … [Read more...] about Senior Leadership Knowledge seeking for strategy formulation – a case study

Mind the strategy-operations gap

07/03/2019 By Howard Clark 1 Comment

If you don’t understand your business operations from the customer’s point of view, you may as well throw your strategy in the bin. And if you think that this is a harsh assessment then consider the number of corporate strategy failures and company survival rates. The truth of it is, that whenever leaders and planners learn to profoundly reconnect with operations they are … [Read more...] about Mind the strategy-operations gap

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