How to Build Strategy When “Set it and Forget it” Won’t Work
A Global pandemic. Civil Unrest. Economic turmoil. 2020 taught us just how susceptible we are to surprise and disruption. With as much uncertainty as we experienced last year, it was nearly impossible to complete the year without a core realization: We should not focus on predicting the future but instead become resilient to anything that might […]
The 5 Elements of a Strategy Mindset
Winston Churchill famously said, “It’s always wise to look ahead… but difficult to look further than you can see.” Difficult? Yes. But even in times of disruption, uncertainty, and challenge it is undeniably possible to see the future…or more accurately, the “futures.” I’m not talking about an apocryphal, crystal ball vision of the future, or […]
How to Scale Leadership During a Pandemic
If this pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we live in a VUCA world – we are experiencing volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity in unprecedented ways. And we are finally talking about it. Fueled by ambition, fear, or pragmatism, this pandemic’s massive disruption to the ordinary course of things has led to every organization […]
8 Great Business Strategies For Times of Uncertainty
This is the third in a series of articles about developing strategy in a post-coronavirus world. The four scenarios for a post-coronavirus and an open-source strategy toolkit can be downloaded here. What do courageous leaders do in times of jaw-dropping uncertainty? They set a vision, make strategic decisions, align teams, and communicate. Our responsibilities didn’t change when the global […]
4 Scenarios for Navigating a Post-Coronavirus World
CEOs and other senior leaders are grappling with a strategy conundrum created by the coronavirus crisis: how to make high-stakes decisions with long-lasting impact when uncertainty is so extreme that accurately predicting the future is impossible. To help navigate this challenge, we defined four possible scenarios in this article and shared a scenario planning process that enables […]
