Category: Strategy
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Strategic Subtraction
I’ve followed and written about Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) so my eyes always perk up when I hear mention of one of the 5 core techniques of SIT. The entire method applies one or more of the 5 in sequence or in parallel, even recursively, but in all cases there…
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Leveraging Baldrige for Industry 4.0
I want to compliment both MEP and Baldrige for their collaboration to use “the Baldrige framework as the foundation to help U.S. manufacturers integrate the concepts of Industry 4.0—that is, the integration of new technologies (including the Internet of Things, cloud computing and analytics, and artificial intelligence and machine learning)…
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The Progressive Roots of Management Science – MIT Sloan Management Review
It’s back to the future on management best practices. The previous practices were not sustainable, so it’s good we recognizing CSR and ESG…again. https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-progressive-roots-of-management-science/
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Why Good Arguments Make Better Strategy
Makes the right points that strategy is hard, but that simple structures (open debate and strategy maps) can help bring clarity, logic, and testability to any strategic concept. This is not unlike the structural processes for creative ideation (see Systematic Inventive Thinking). In both cases, folks tend to think these…
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The eight trends that will define 2021–and beyond
From: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/the-eight-trends-that-will-define-2021-and-beyond Innovation Consumer behavior The environment Healthcare Coping with increased government involvement Restructuring of corporate portfolios Shifting supply chains Air travel With the exception of the “corporate portfolios” comment (which is very vaguely discussed), most of these get a lot of play in the media, and I won’t belabor…
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