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Culture Doesn’t Trump Strategy

In the CEO Afterlife

As a critical success factor, strategy turned into a lucrative industry for a host of consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company , and the Boston Consulting Group. We used to call this mode of operation, “doing business by the seat of the pants.” Strategy is Constraining. Intentionally So.

Strategy 100
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A System For Rapid Realignment

Tim Milburn

Identifies and eliminates operational and cultural barriers to execution. The company should develop or purchase an online questionnaire-based tool for measuring critical success factors and the current state of alignment at every level and for every unit. Defines reality in terms of what needs to change. A chat room.

System 115
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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. In the Chartering and Staffing phase of the BPI project there are many critical success factors (It is the beginning of the project! Want to learn more about BPM metrics?

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

Strategy Driven

This is a book for the times we live in—and one that for many companies could mean the difference between success and failure. Recently, my company, OnPoint Consulting, conducted a study of over 400 companies. And for many companies, there is a clear gap between intent and execution – we’ve seen plenty of evidence this year.