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Future State versus Vision – Where are you headed?
Many business architects and strategists use the terms “vision” and “future state” synonymously. While similar in the sense that both are describing a future target, they are distinctly different...
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The Business Architect’s Service Portfolio Part One: Strategy Development and...
For some time now I have been promoting the idea that the practice of business architecture is not about creating blueprints and models but applying a set of tools and techniques to form broader...
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New Webinar –Transform Vision into Value: Managing the Strategy to Execution...
I will be presenting a webinar at 1:00 pm EST on Wednesday November 14th on managing the strategy to execution process. This free webinar is sponsored by Accelare and is open to everyone. You can...
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Why You – Yes YOU – Need a Vision
You need a vision for your organization. Not some marketing jingle for your clients and stakeholders but a clear and meaningful view of where you want your organization to go. A view that might be...
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Understanding the Strategy Diffusion Problem
“Everyone is trying to do their best but they don’t fully understand our strategy. As a consequence, we are getting better and better at things that don’t matter.” Senior Business Manager While most...
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Why YOU Need a Business Architecture
I just returned from the OMG/BA Guild Business Architecture Innovation Summit where there was a lot of discussion on the subject of business architecture value. No one had a good answer for either...
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A Strategy by Any Other Name
What is strategy? That question pops up a lot and everyone seems to have an answer. Just not the same answer. However, one thing is clear. Most people and I mean truly smart people often get strategy...
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Strategy and Tactics – Two Sides of the Same Coin
Mike correctly pointed out in his comment to my last post, Strategy By Any Other Name, that I didn’t address the difference between strategy and tactics. Well let’s take a look now. First, I think...
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Five Attributes of Strategic Thinkers
In today’s agile, fast-twitch, act-fail-iterate environment, strategic thinking often gets a bad name. One entrepreneur friend of mine told me: “Strategic thinking is just an excuse to slack off.” If...
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Tactical Thinking – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Tactical thinking is characterized by making in-the-moment decisions without regard to the overall strategic plan. Most often, this occurs because demands of the day overwhelm the needs of the future...
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Three Types of Strategy
The word “strategy” means different things to different people, much of which isn’t really strategy at all (see A Strategy by Any Other Name for more on this topic). But within the domain of...
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Webinar: Why Good Strategies Go Bad and what you can do about it
I will be presenting a webinar on Tuesday, September 24th and again on Thursday September 26th on the topic of developing actionable strategies. This free webinar is sponsored by Accelare and is open...
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Strategy and Tactics – We need them both
In past posts, I have addressed the difference between strategic thinking and tactical thinking. Here I want to take a deeper, more explicit look into the differences. As business architects we can...
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Why Good Strategy Goes Bad
Almost every day I talk with smart, capable executives who struggle to bring their strategies to fruition. They want to run a great organization but settle for good… and often less. These executives...
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Crossing The Strategy Chasm
Strategy is hard to craft and even harder to implement. Executives naively believe because they said it everyone will follow. I wish it were that simple. The innovation diffusion curve, an interesting...
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Webinar: Why Good Strategies Go Bad And What You Can Do About It
Back by popular demand! If you missed this webinar last year join me as I share what Accelare has learned about the challenges almost every organization faces as they work toward implementing their...
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