flevyblog

Flevy Blog is an online business magazine covering Business Strategies, Business Theories, & Business Stories.
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP STRATEGY, MARKETING, SALES OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN ORGANIZATION & CHANGE IT/MIS Other

Tag Archives | strategy development

822020_a crowd of businessmen working on a large futurist_xl-1024-v1-0

Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)

Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is a formalized methodology that uses digital models to support the entire lifecycle of complex system development. It provides a single source of truth, ensuring discipline-specific views of the system are created using the same model elements. This fosters consistency and reduces defects associated with document-based approaches. MBSE encourages a systems […]

Continue Reading ·
TOGAF

TOGAF – The Open Group Architecture Framework

The Open Group Architecture Framework or TOGAF is a comprehensive guide to enterprise architecture, offering a structured methodology for designing, planning, implementing, and governing architectures that align with organizational goals and technology landscapes. The TOGAF framework is built upon 3 interconnected pillars: Enterprise Architecture Architecture Development Method (ADM) Enterprise Continuum The Enterprise Architecture pillar is […]

Continue Reading ·
DALL-E2

Scenario Planning in Crisis

Wars, downturns, calamities, pandemics, and other crises drive businesses into uncertain situations, low turnovers, stagnant growth, unemployment, and even insolvencies. These crises often arise uninformed.  It is difficult to guide organizations through challenging circumstances and envisage the effects and severity of crises. Financial planners and CFOs, though, try to confront these situations, but at times […]

Continue Reading ·
DALL·E 2022-09-29 12.05.47 - photo of cargo ship sailing in a sea of cash, digital art

How We Can Align Our Corporate Strategy and Supply Chain Strategy

Most organizations struggle to find a true strategic fit between their Corporate Strategies and their Supply Chain Strategies. For most organizations, they operate within a highly complex and globally interconnected Supply Chain. Aligning Supply Chain solutions to support the organization’s strategies has become increasingly difficult. This has never been more evident than during the COVID-19 […]

Continue Reading ·
BlankCheque

Blank Check Strategy

Due to organizations having limited resources (e.g. talent, capital, time, etc.), the focus of Strategy Development is often the optimization and prioritization of said resources to maximize the potential to reach its strategic objectives.  But what if that weren’t the case?  This is the thinking behind Blank Check Strategy. The blank check approach takes a contrarian […]

Continue Reading ·
Stock Image 1 - Flywheel

Flywheel Strategy

Strategy Development has followed a set path since the last century where a predetermined, rectilinear, and inflexible approach defined the process. In the 21st century, however, business leaders are devising Strategy by evolving it into a probabilistic, repeated, and multifaceted process.  An approach that can both endure and adapt to the growing pace of Change […]

Continue Reading ·
pic 1 Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Strategies

Secrets to Becoming a Global Leader: The Art and Science of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Strategies

“Selecting the right measure and measuring things right are both art and science. And KPIs influence management behavior as well as business culture.” ― Pearl Zhu, CIO Master: Unleash the Digital Potential of It The 2018 Strategic Measurement Global Executive Study and Research Report showed that business leaders worldwide are struggling to strike a workable balance between […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }
pic 1 Tips for success

Achieving Success in Post-merger Integration (PMI): The Top 10 Tips Every Organization Must Know

When organizations go through a Post-merger Integration, often management realizes that it is never a simple undertaking. It is a highly complex process. Swift action is required as well as being able to run the core business activities simultaneously.  There is no one-size-fits-all approach to a successful PMI Process. However, to maximize deal value, there […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }
Stock image 1 - 8 definitions of Strategy

How Do the Subject Matter Experts (Porter, Mintzberg, & More) Define Strategy?

Strategy is about the methods used to attain goals.  It’s the “how” of achieving goals—desired future conditions and circumstances towards which effort and resources are spent until their achievement. If Strategy has any meaning at all, it is in relation to some aim or end in view. Strategy is 1 of the 4 dimensions of […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }
Srategic Human Res Stock Image 1

Strategic Human Resources

Today’s information-based, knowledge intensive, and service-driven economy has forced organizations to make substantial changes to the way they compete.  Changing perspective and responsibility of top management amidst rapid Business and Digital Transformation and the shifting role of HR from being an auxiliary function to that of a driver are some of the dynamics of the […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }
SGG stock image 1

The Strategic Goals Grid, an Alternative Framework to SWOT Analysis

One of the most popular Strategic Planning tool among executives is the SWOT analysis (or SWOT matrix).  However, sometimes assessing the organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats is not enough to set the direction for the planning process or to implement Business Transformation. An alternative framework to SWOT analysis is the Strategic Goals Grid (SGG).  […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 1 }
pic1 Effective Communicationn for CIOs

Effective Communication 101 for CIOs

“When it comes to communicating, the CIO is both a storyteller and educator.” Chris Manriquez, VP for IT and CIO, California State University, Dominguez Hills. CIOs must be both a storyteller and an educator. Aside from this, they must also be a strategist. The majority of CIOs might speak the language of technology fluently, but […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }
Complimentary Business Training Guides


Many companies develop robust strategies, but struggle with operationalizing their strategies into implementable steps. This presentation from flevy introduces 12 powerful business frameworks spanning both Strategy Development and Strategy Execution. [Learn more]

  This 48-page whitepaper, authored by consultancy Envisioning, provides the frameworks, tools, and insights needed to manage serious Change—under the backdrop of the business lifecycle. These lifecycle stages are each marked by distinct attributes, challenges, and behaviors. [Learn more]

We've developed a very comprehensive collection of Strategy & Transformation PowerPoint templates for you to use in your own business presentations, spanning topics from Growth Strategy to Brand Development to Innovation to Customer Experience to Strategic Management. [Learn more]

  We have compiled a collection of 10 Lean Six Sigma templates (Excel) and Operational Excellence guides (PowerPoint) by a multitude of LSS experts. These tools cover topics including 8 Disciplines (8D), 5 Why's, 7 Wastes, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), and DMAIC. [Learn more]
Recent Articles by Corporate Function

  

  

  

  

  


The Flevy Business Blog (https://flevy.com/blog) is a leading source of information on business strategies, business theories, and business stories. Most of our articles are authored by management consultants and industry executives with over 20 years of experience.

Flevy (https://flevy.com) is the marketplace for business best practices, such as management frameworks, presentation templates, and financial models. Our best practice documents are of the same caliber as those produced by top-tier consulting firms (like McKinsey, Bain, Accenture, BCG, and Deloitte) and used by Fortune 100 organizations. Learn more about Flevy here.


Connect with Flevy:

     
  


About Flevy.com   /   Terms   /   Privacy Policy
© . Flevy LLC. All Rights Reserved.