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Strategic planning must change with the times

N2Growth Blog

In the new strategy paradigm, the focus of strategy is on how to create competitive advantage. Engagement: In the old strategy paradigm participation is limited to the involvement of the senior team, a few staff functions and an external consultant that facilitate the process. Your strategy process must deliver fast!

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Innovation's Nine Critical Success Factors

Harvard Business Review

The pursuit of game-changing innovation only works when the person who can say yes to big spending visibly sponsors and participates in the work and provides air cover to the work team. So Stage-Gate models can unintentionally kill potentially big ideas. A decision-making model that fosters teamwork in support of passionate champions.

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5 Early Warning Signals for a BPI Project

Strategy Driven

Many articles have been written about what makes process improvement projects fail and usually they list critical success factors. The wrong process choice is usually from three circumstances: Starting with an enterprise project with several cross-functional stakeholder groups participating.

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