The Strategy Dynamics Insights Library
Practical strategy insights that you won't find in textbooks or business school courses
Explore articles on business strategy – especially implementation – and "digital twin" business models.
Every article is written to help leaders, analysts and consultants make better decisions using solid principles and evidence, not opinion.
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There's more—much more—to 'strategy' than the business plan. All the other things leaders do that impact mid- to long-term performance.
Strategic management accounting. A : the need and challenge. Finance professionals are increasingly asked to support strategic planning and implementation—but lack the tools to do that (part-B offers the solution).
What is a "digital-twin business model" any way? How a quantified, visual model can mimic the structure and behaviour of any business, function, initiative or challenge—and it's not even hard to do.
Strategy may need to happen fast—really fast! How a competitive attack threatened to destroy a pharmaceuticals product over just 15 weeks—and the strategy that fought off the threat.
Planning and managing performance improvement programs. Performance programs come in many forms, but most stall or fail. All follow a common system structure, and a digital-twin business model can help ensure success.
Strategy eats culture for breakfast. Yes, you read that right. Here is why.
The rigorous modeling process follows the Pyramid Principle. Start with what is happening to the outcome we want to achieve, then work relentlessly back, asking "What directly causes this?", validating every step.
The value of a business, its projects, initiatives and strategy. And it's not to do with profitability!
Why read these articles?
All are based on rigorous principles and/or strong evidence—not opinion—focusing on one over-riding concern ...
How does a business actually work
and how to improve its performance?
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Enjoy - Kim
How to show would-be new competitors that they cannot possibly take you on and win.
From racing to capture new potential customers to stealing established customers and competing for share-of-sales
Win new customers faster, keep those you have, and capture more sales from shared customers
We'd all love to build a business in a growing market, right? But you can grow a business and cash flow in falling markets too.
Competitors' business system mostly works like our own, so taking out key elements - customers, staff, products - can bring the wall ...
This post describes a competitive product launch in pharmaceuticals that played out over just 15 weeks, and needed an urgent response.
