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Your Strategy Has to Be Flexible — But So Does Your Execution

Harvard Business Review

But excessive complexity can undermine thoughtful execution as much as a failure to specify tactics. A famous example is YouTube, which began as a video dating site back in 2005. A nascent technology business might require an adaptive approach and a stable commodity business might require a classical, planning-based approach.

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The 2010 Execution Round-Up: Six Companies That Couldn't 'Get It.

Strategy Driven

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.