Archive for August, 2008
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Bringing Strategy to Life
Strategy. The word means so many thing to so many people, but I prefer a simple definition provided by my friend and colleague Patrick Harris of thoughtengine. He crystalised the meaning of the word as “the plan that gets you from where you are now to where you want to be in the future.” It’s [...]
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
The importance of strategy in downturns
A quick post to point to a thought provoking article on the Booz site. The summary excerpt is as follows: All industrial corporations face downturns and periods of retrenchment. Successful strategists promote upturn thinking even during the deepest downturns. Techniques such as crafting an upturn SWAT team, implementing long-term strategic planning, and requiring upturn thinking [...]
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
A Chinese recession and the World Economy
Although I’ve been looking around recently, there’s hardly any discussion about the scenario that China’s economy could nose dive. The prospect would be interesting to say the least, and would have a dramatic effect on the world economy. However yesterday The Independent published a piece looking at the possibility of China slowing down post-Olympics. The [...]
