by Mike Baxter | Jun 8, 2021 | Strategy Distilled Newsletter
Distillations in this newsletter: Five strategy lessons from Amazon that we can all learn from. The VACU model for strategic risk assessment. What is Confirmation Bias and why is it important in strategy work? Leadership lessons from Buurtzorg. How digital should your...
by Mike Baxter | Feb 20, 2021 | Strategy
If we are to anticipate how 2021 will be described, it will probably be the year of recovery from 2020 and the year of adapting to the new post-pandemic world. In my latest LinkedIn article I lay out the five priorities for strategy in such circumstances: Strategy...
by Mike Baxter | Feb 3, 2021 | Strategy
Strategy is necessarily creative. It’s not just choosing from a number of future alternatives, but rather creatively imagining the future we can collectively craft. Research, however, reveals three creativity blockers that strategists need to understand and avoid: 1. ...
by Mike Baxter | Dec 30, 2020 | Strategy
Strategy is about change. As we approach the post-covid era, whether or not to commit to change will be uppermost in many leaders’ minds. When is the right time to commit to a strategy? Will there ever be a right time? Or is it best to be in perpetual readiness...
by Mike Baxter | Dec 22, 2020 | Strategy
I set out with lofty aims for The Strategy Manual. I wanted to explain strategy from first principles, I wanted to cover strategy across its entire lifecycle, from strategy development to strategy adoption and strategy adaptation, and I wanted it to be well-founded....
