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In today’s highly competitive business landscape, developing a successful strategy is more critical than ever. But with so much uncertainty and rapid change, it can be challenging to know where to start. A recent McKinsey Quarterly article provides an overview of the current challenges facing companies when developing and implementing a successful strategy.
One valuable takeaway from the article is the importance of developing a clear and differentiated strategy.… Read more
Serious games, leveraging the intrinsic motivation and engagement of gaming, have emerged as an innovative training technique in the business world. They have the potential to simulate real-world scenarios, enabling players to practice strategic decision-making, risk management, and resource allocation, among other vital skills, in a safe and controlled environment. The key to their effectiveness lies in their ability to present complex concepts in an interactive and engaging manner, promoting experiential learning, and encouraging critical thinking.… Read more
Simply put, during organizational change, strategy creates the process, and change management mobilizes the people.… Read more
I’m a big fan of models; shortcuts that we can reference or leverage in various learning settings to address common business problems. They aren’t perfect but they are useful.
The best models have simple concepts yet are robust enough to apply in many different situations.
Perhaps unlike most executive development professionals I’m also a big fan of hands on activities and games to enable our participants to learn concepts.… Read more
“Strategy” is a tough topic to move from abstract theory into understanding practical application.
I have used case studies often in the past … but I feel this is great at engaging the mind and enables conceptual understanding and discussion without fear of the consequences of failure. It’s great for knowing; not so good for doing. Also, live case studies ALWAYS have a right answer or wrong answer that absent in real life.… Read more