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Strategy as an Operating System
Strategy so often disappoints, doesn’t it? A set of aspirations that are either too remote or too mundane to kick us into gear. A series of loosely related initiatives without accountabilities. A “shelfware” document that gets moved to a seldom-visited folder so we can all get on with our actual work.
What a waste. And yet, and yet…
Talking with a client recently brought me up short. Here was a company that had used strategy as their GPS and their protein bars for the gritty work of climbing Mount Extraordinary. A textbook case of what good strategy, clearly understood and diligently executed, can do.
Their strategy work had taken them deep into consultation with each other. They had clarified their distinctive offer to the market, documented the good, the bad and the ugly from the workforce perspective, and agreed on how they could create an even better future together.
The resulting plan was rich with intent, sharp on action, and impressively structured. They thrashed out a one-page summary that gave them their decision process day by day, as well as their big-picture roadmap. They had taken strategy seriously and executed with discipline. And this paid off handsomely in business success and team alignment.
Results: wow.
Their strategy became their operating system: an integrated set of principles, behaviours and disciplines that aligned intention, execution, governance and culture. That’s what strategy work can do if you do it right: power your business from ordinary to extraordinary. Inform your daily decisions and your long-term projects. If it’s not, let’s fix it!
Strategy has been my passion for years. Can I help you turn it into a cutting-edge advantage?
Call me, let’s have that conversation and find out.