Strategic Planning
VIDEO: The definitive element of a great strategic plan
A 70 second description of the definitive element of a great strategic plan. It sounds simple, but a lot of companies fail at it. Click here to watch
A 70 second description of the definitive element of a great strategic plan. It sounds simple, but a lot of companies fail at it. Click here to watch
Confirmation bias is a concept that is part of normal human psychology. Without discipline of thought and offsetting processes, it can result in reduced organizational acuity in areas that are critical to growth. As a strategist, understanding this topic is Read more…
This video provides a basic summary of concept of value disciplines, which are a seminal concept in strategic planning. Click here to view the video
This video provides a basic summary of the metric: Net Promoter Score. Click here to watch the video
The good people at ClickTime published an article recently on 5 ways to increase customer retention. With their permission, I have decided to re-post it here, because it includes some simple, practical considerations to think about. The original article is Read more…
In the field of strategy, powerful business plans have a few common characteristics. Yes, the tools used to evaluate your environment, make decisions, communicate and organize into frameworks with a high degree of utility in driving execution are absolutely critical Read more…
This article was co-authored by Lucas Filinski, Founder & CEO of ONYXDirect.com and its parent company ONYX Lending, and Kirk Leverington, Vice President Corporate Strategy at ONYX Lending. The future of mortgage lending holds tremendous promise, but today’s industry vision Read more…
Many great books have been written by insightful leaders on the concept of competing for the future. Despite that, there is a continuum of organizational focus that ranges from trying to resist change, right to purposefully disrupting your own industry. Read more…
Here’s another cut of a planning checkpoint that is useful to keep in mind while completing plans. It’s simpler than many others I’ve seen, but covers the bases. Many who plan live in the world of operations and therefore it’s Read more…
One of the biggest and most common mistakes in planning is the failure to define the exact problem to be solved, as articulated by a decision criteria, prior to moving into action planning. “If I had an hour to solve Read more…