by Mike Baxter | Apr 29, 2022 | Strategy Distilled Newsletter
Distillations in this newsletter: Strategy governance from the boardroom to front-line teams; Engaging middle managers in strategy; Chain of beliefs in strategy; Tesler’s Law of the Conservation of Complexity; Chesterton’s Fence. STRATEGY DISTILLED: A monthly...
by Mike Baxter | Mar 31, 2022 | Strategy Distilled Newsletter
Distillations in this newsletter: Strategy destination vs strategy aspiration; 12 strategy FAQs; One thing every strategist needs to accept; Gaining control in strategy; Strategic resilience. STRATEGY DISTILLED: A monthly concoction of insight, learning and things you...
by Mike Baxter | Feb 28, 2022 | Strategy Distilled Newsletter
Distillations in this newsletter: New: The Triple Diamond Model of strategy; Ikigai and the deficiencies of strategy; Strategy books you might enjoy. STRATEGY DISTILLED: A monthly concoction of insight, learning and things you might have missed for anyone who works on...
by Mike Baxter | Jan 31, 2022 | Strategy Distilled Newsletter
Distillations in this newsletter: Strategy KPIs: avoiding the tyranny of measurement; Lessons for strategy from Pixar’s 22 rules for storytelling; Further lessons on strategy from the Beatles. STRATEGY DISTILLED: A monthly concoction of insight, learning and things...
by Mike Baxter | Dec 23, 2021 | Strategy Distilled Newsletter
Distillations in this newsletter: A look back at 6 months of Strategy Distilled; Masters in Digital Marketing; five free copies of The Strategy Manual to give away. STRATEGY DISTILLED: A monthly concoction of insight, learning and things you might have missed for...
by Mike Baxter | Nov 29, 2021 | Strategy Distilled Newsletter
Distillations in this newsletter: Connecting values with strategy; Social proof; The ‘H’ model of strategy adoption; 5 types of people you’ll meet when implementing change; in praise of Post-it notes. STRATEGY DISTILLED: A monthly concoction of insight, learning...
by Mike Baxter | Oct 29, 2021 | Strategy Distilled Newsletter
Distillations in this newsletter: Strategy Healthcheck; the perils of hedging strategy; loss aversion; Net Promoter Score 3.0; strategic innovation lessons from LEGO. STRATEGY DISTILLED: A monthly concoction of insight, learning and things you might have missed for...
by Mike Baxter | Sep 30, 2021 | Strategy Distilled Newsletter
Distillations in this newsletter: The Strategy Manual – one year on; the Strategy Lifecycle Model; antifragility; strategy and the eigenquestion; the ‘hot streak’ model of innovation; strategy and culture. STRATEGY DISTILLED: A monthly concoction of...
by Mike Baxter | Aug 26, 2021 | Strategy Distilled Newsletter
Distillations in this newsletter: Illusory superiority – a lesson from behavioural economics. The most important thing I learned this month – ‘process accountability’. How quantity trumps quality. What kind of strategist are you? The six roles...
by Mike Baxter | Jul 19, 2021 | Strategy Distilled Newsletter
Distillations in this newsletter: Framing: a lesson from behavioural economics. Using framing as a model to inject creativity into strategy development. The case for strategy workshops. The synergy of Virgin Atlantic’s ‘double helix’ strategy. Digital avoidance...