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A Simple Way to Test Your Company’s Strategic Alignment

Harvard Business Review

The current mantra is “Move fast with stable infrastructure”, which speaks to the organizational design challenge of operating at scale in a fickle and volatile world. There is a simple test you can perform to start an honest conversation about strategy and organizational effectiveness where you work.

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Reinvent Your Company by Reassessing Its Strengths

Harvard Business Review

For over 50 years, Wal-Mart has pursued essentially the same strategy of “offering the lowest price so its customer can live better.” Wells Fargo has become the most valuable bank in the world by sticking to its strategy of building a value proposition around selling more products per customer than anyone else. Or consider U.S.

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most and Least Resilient Economies

Harvard Business Review

Nestlé announced plans to cut its staff in some central African countries, while Barclays’s new CEO is considering selling off the bank’s Africa assets. The continent’s long-term potential remains attractive, but a company’s success in the current environment will depend on its strategy.

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