Where’s the Strategy?

by | Mar 26, 2009 | Strategy

Association Trends did a survey of association executives and reports on it in a recent issue. It talks about their confidence in their industries, in the U.S. economy, and their projections about things like upcoming meeting attendance.I first learned of this report...

Where's the Strategy?

by | Mar 26, 2009 | Strategy

Association Trends did a survey of association executives and reports on it in a recent issue. It talks about their confidence in their industries, in the U.S. economy, and their projections about things like upcoming meeting attendance.I first learned of this report...

Strategy is Hard Work

by | Nov 24, 2008 | Leadership, Strategy

I facilitated some strategy work with a client two weekends ago, and it was hard work. I pushed them hard on identifying the missing "middle level thinking" in their strategy. They had some success, and even with only less than one full day to do this work,...

Dealing with Complexity

by | Sep 26, 2008 | Leadership, Strategy

Hugh MacLeod wrote an interesting post about complexity, citing complexity as the difference between success and failure. It’s simple to fail, but you must manage complexity to succeed. He applies this theory to organizations:So when I see a small but...
Jamie Notter