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...
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....
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...
by Mike Baxter | Apr 28, 2020 | Strategy
In 2008, as the dust was settling on the Financial Crisis, strategy expert Professor Richard Rumelt wrote “in suddenly volatile and different times, you must have a strategy.” Given the challenging times we are currently in, my latest LinkedIn article is a summary of...
