Companies don’t need just strategy; they need strategic readiness. That’s where business Wargaming comes into play. Over the past few months, I’ve had the opportunity to run several Wargaming workshops. While the core objective is usually straightforward – understand the competitive landscape and stress-test your strategy – the outcomes consistently go beyond what participants expect. Obvious and […]
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The Power of Strategic Pause
Let’s talk about the concept of the Strategic Pause: The problem with hasty decisions The English say “Look Before You Leap,” and ours (in Poland) is not too different: – “Think first, act later.” Agility is one thing, but diving into action without a strategy is like jumping without a parachute. In the constant whirlwind […]
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Seven Mistakes That Cause Resistance in Strategy
Seven Mistakes That Cause Resistance in Strategy Implementing a new strategy in an organization often causes uncertainty, stress, frustration, or anxiety. What’s more, even if you’re convinced that your strategy is the right one, it doesn’t automatically mean that others will accept it. Resistance to changes in the organization is natural. Disapproval can stem from fears […]
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How Partnership Can Help Grow Your Business!
During Booost’22 Strategy Tools Partners Summit held at the beginning of January 2022, I had a privilege to share my experiences with Strategy Tools, particularly how the Transform! Simulation helped me to pivot my offer into a successful client engagement. Exactly a year ago, I decided to expand my services that focused mainly around competitive […]
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Seven aspects of strategy execution
Strategy, as long is on paper, is only imagination. Strategy execution is crucial. The ones who know me, know I like to use analogies: Often, in stock photography, success is depicted as reaching a mountain summit. So let’s use this analogy to closer explain the essence of the strategy execution. And at the end, there is […]
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Nobody likes to change a plan
Nobody likes to change plans. So if something goes wrong, we often try to conjure reality from wishes: “We will recover yet!” “The beginning of the year is always difficult” However, when it goes well, we tend to be cautiously optimistic: „Let’s wait till next quarter”, „It can still be different” (especially if the bonus […]
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Red-Teaming: How to know the competitors’ strategy without sneaking into their boardrooms
Check this article about Red-Teaming: a very clever method, where your Team will get into the shoes of key market players to answer a key question “What will they do?” If you want to learn how to know the strategy of your competitors without sneaking into their boardrooms or stealing their strategic documents, this is […]
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Is your company prepared for unexpected?
Do you know that pilots, to keep their certification, must go through emergency procedures every six months? The pilots of the big airlines practice on sophisticated simulators. But even pilots of the smaller aircrafts have to go through dry run exercises. Without passing them, they cannot operate. How about your company? How often do you […]
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