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The Strategy Collection
by Andrew Bass | Podcast Series: The Performance Podcast, Strategy, Value Building
Andrew shares the back-to-basics questions that any business-unit leader should clarify about their strategy: What are we going to sell, what are we not going to sell (that we could), and Why? Who are we going to sell to, who Read More
by Andrew Bass | Blog, Getting good information, Limiting Mindsets, Strategy, Value Building
I need to mention SWOT analysis, because although it’s a limited tool, people often take for granted that it will appear in a strategy process. I usually go along with that, not because I expect it to yield any great Read More
by Andrew Bass | "How To's", Aligning Behaviour with Strategy, Blog, Leadership, Process Visuals and Tools, Strategy
Have you ever sat through a presentation by a senior executive that contained information of great significance to those in the room – like the imperatives for the company, and therefore for their jobs continuing to be needed – but Read More
by Andrew Bass | "How To's", Blog, Managing Uncertainty, Strategy
Although I like my writing to stay pragmatic and jargon-free, much of my reading is anything but: there’s masses of useful stuff in disciplines far away from “management” that hasn’t yet been translated or transferred. So, I was reading a Read More
In strategic decision making, there is always the temptation to do more analysis in the hope that it will reduce uncertainty. But beyond a certain point, which comes sooner than most people would like, more analysis does not equal more Read More