Time to stop flapping about and survey your situation
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Now is the time to move from reaction to adaptation

As just about everyone is saying, these are indeed unprecedented times. The speed and pervasiveness of the change created by the global pandemic compares to nothing else that the world has seen. It has called for rapid, decisive action to ensure…
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The best strategy comes from walking forward into the present

In an improvisation workshop I was taking, the instructor explained that “good improv is like walking backwards into the future. You’re constantly on the lookout for the things around you – the things that you and your fellow improvisors…
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Strategy is not something you have it’s something you do

Strategy comes from a military tradition and was based on the knowledge that to successfully pursue your objectives in highly uncertain and constantly changing environments, you need future-focused thinking that’s fluid…
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You need a roadmap to successfully navigate the strategic journey

In today’s highly-dynamic world, strategy-making needs to be more than just strategic planning, although planning is certainly involved. It’s not simply high-level strategic thinking because thought alone doesn’t drive business outcomes.…
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Why you don’t want to future-proof your business

“What can a business leader do to future-proof their business?” This is a question I’m seeing and hearing everywhere. It pops up in the questions that I get from clients, interviewers and audiences. Authors and thought leaders are posing…
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Exploring PROJECTIFY with Mykel Dixon – Projectifying Your Business

It's Monday morning and you want to start projectifying your strategy, but then the questions start to come... Where do I begin? What's the first thing that I do? What do I want to avoid? What does it mean for my business's culture? In…
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Exploring PROJECTIFY with Mykel Dixon – The Power of People

As we near the end of my discussions with Mykel Dixon, this episode explores what I've learned in developing the concepts contained in PROJECTIFY and in applying those ideas in the real world. How the power of this approach isn't in the projects…
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Exploring PROJECTIFY with Mykel Dixon – Empower Your Team

What does a projectified approach to business strategy look like in practice? How does it look for your people? How does it impact you as a manager? The seventh episode of my interview with Mykel Dixon explores these questions...and a few…
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Exploring PROJECTIFY with Mykel Dixon – Sustaining the Strategic Journey

So, your business has carefully created a strategic roadmap and now you've embarked on the strategic journey... How do you sustain that journey? How do you ensure that it remains relevant with a laser focus on your strategic goals? How do…
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Exploring PROJECTIFY with Mykel Dixon – Creating A Strategic Roadmap

So how do you effectively initiate your business's strategic journey? How do you transverse the uncertain terrain of the future business environment? Most importantly, how do you ensure that your people join you on that journey and contribute…