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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Featured articles
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
Economists may think profitability drives business failure, but owners often want to hold on – until the banks say 'No!'
Utilities and other asset-intensive industries can offer limited growth, but strategy is still critical – keep those assets in good shape!
Economic downturns are not caused by cycles in final demand, but by boom and bust in industry investment. Here's why we do it.
McKinsey finds CFOs increasingly being asked to do strategy work and offers 6 tips for how to up their game. But that's not enough!
Many companies or business units just about stagger on from year to year, but never achieve their full potential. Why? and how to fix it?
Explains how strategy dynamics and digital-twin business models completely satisfy the needs of strategic management accounting.
