by Mike Baxter | Aug 7, 2019 | Strategy
My recently-published LinkedIn article on Turning Strategy into a Manageable Process with Strategy Mapping describes the features of an effective strategy, and how these can be delivered using strategy mapping, a business process enabling strategy to be managed in a...
by Mike Baxter | Jul 12, 2019 | Leadership, Strategy
Following on from our University Strategy 2020 report, our latest guest post on the HEPI (Higher Education Policy Institute) blog reveals that 60% of UK universities will have a new strategy by 2021 (Fig. 1), with next year alone seeing the re-launch of 50 out of 155...
by Mike Baxter | Jun 19, 2019 | Strategy
In my recent LinkedIn article on Five Cognitive Biases to Beware of in Strategy Development I describe how the way in which our thinking deviates from rationality in everyday life can affect the way we develop strategy. From ‘loss aversion’ to...
by Mike Baxter | Jun 6, 2019 | Strategy
Based on our University Strategy 2020 research report, our guest post on the HEPI (Higher Education Policy Institute) blog concludes that there are three drivers poised to impact future university strategy development: Strategy and strategic thinking will become much...
by Mike Baxter | Apr 15, 2019 | Strategy
Goal Atlas announces the publication of its new report “University Strategy 2020: Analysis and benchmarking of the strategies of UK Universities”. What is a university strategy? What does it contain? How should it be developed? How should it drive change?...
by Mike Baxter | Jul 6, 2017 | Alignment, Strategy
The heritage of goal mapping stretches back to 1938 and the pioneering endeavours of Lawrence Miles in General Electric. He took a step back from the ledgers of component costs, material costs and labour costs to explore how the greatest value could be delivered to...