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....
by Mike Baxter | May 26, 2020 | Strategy
This is the second in what may turn out to be our ‘tough times’ series (the last one was on envisioning the future for strategic planning), because there are a lot of people trying really hard to work out how best to produce a strategy fit for such an...
by Mike Baxter | May 12, 2020 | Strategy
These are tough times and are going to require some tough decisions before we get out the other side. Last September, I started writing this piece with no great sense of urgency. This morning, I stumbled across it again and thought … if not now, then when? The...
