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 | Oct 17, 2017 | Agility
In this blog post we describe a framework for connecting agility to profitability in four steps: Profit comes from high performance; High performance can only come from being focused; Being focused can only happen if everyone is aligned behind a common purpose; High... 
by Mike Baxter | Jul 6, 2017 | Alignment
It is well established, in research studies over many years, that well-aligned organisations perform better than poorly aligned ones. One of the pioneering studies, published in the Strategic Management Journal in 1992 (1), discovered that 30% of the variation in... 
by Mike Baxter | Jul 6, 2017 | Alignment
Definition: Organisational alignment is the extent to which people, processes and technology are coordinated, focused and effectively pursuing the strategic objectives of the organisation. Goal Atlas 2017 Three key elements of organisational alignment are encompassed... 
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... 
by Mike Baxter | May 4, 2017 | Alignment, Leadership
One of Shawn Parker’s many insights into Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership of the business is that Mark had an instinctive understanding of the key business decisions that needed to be made and the circumstances that surround them. Research... 
by Mike Baxter | Apr 20, 2017 | Alignment
Ah, remember the memo! How they would often start in a spirit of considerate open-ness, explaining the 3 or 4 options available to us and inviting our thoughts. Before, that is, they ruined it all by giving just enough hints that the decision was already made and...