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5 Ways the Best Companies Close the Strategy-Execution Gap

Harvard Business Review

Webvan was forced to cease operations by 2001. Think of strategy as a portfolio of options, not bonds. The traditional plan-then-do model treats the value of any strategy like a bond. In a world where the best laid plans can go awry, companies that react quickly and effectively come out on top.