I Hate Strategic Planning.
(Check out the free Strategic Readiness Inventory© and TPQ© tools at the bottom of this blog) The title seems strange coming from someone who does this for a living and hypocritical from someone who has also run businesses that required strategic planning. Don’t get...
Breaking Through – Strategic Thinking To Bust The Barriers.
(Check out the free Strategic Readiness Inventory© and TPQ© tools at the bottom of this blog) I feel like I am banging my head against a wall. And not just a wall in my home, I am talking about big mental walls that look like the Berlin Wall or the Great Wall of...
Finding Clarity When You’re Unclear – Gaining Strategic Clarity.
(Check out the free Strategic Readiness Inventory© and TPQ© tools at the bottom of this blog) It’s a paradox to think about being clear when you are unclear, certain when you are uncertain, seeing when you can’t see; but it’s possible. Besides, when are we ever...
The Darwinian Lie – And How It DOESN’T Relate To Strategy.
(Check out the free Strategic Readiness Inventory© and TPQ© tools at the bottom of this blog) Society and education have conspired to lie to you about Darwin. We can all hear that oft repeated quote “Survival of the …. “ [In your mind you all yelled “fittest”] Let me...
Lost and Alone – The Loneliness of Strategy.
(Check out the free Strategic Readiness Inventory© and TPQ© tools at the bottom of this blog) The other day as I was scanning the radio, I ran across the old song “All By Myself” by Eric Carmen; a sappy love song from 1975. I don’t recommend listening to it,...
What’s Your Swing Thought? What Are We Telling Ourselves Strategically?
(Check out the free Strategic Readiness Inventory© and TPQ© tools at the bottom of this blog) A golf pro might ask a student, “What is your swing thought?” That refers to what you are telling yourself as you address the ball and swing. As you can imagine, that can...
Standing Firm Strategically When The Ground Under Our Feet Is Heaving.
(Check out the free Strategic Readiness Inventory© and TPQ© tools at the bottom of this blog) We are truly in the midst of a tectonic shift that rivals any major earthquake, social upheaval, or economic crisis in recent history. The ground is shifting, it continues to...
Three Questions To Pivot Into Strategy – Shifting From Uncertainty Into Strategic Thinking.
(Check out the free Strategic Readiness Inventory© and TPQ© tools at the bottom of this blog) Like many of you, I wake up many days and think “what the (fill in your own expletive)." The minute I think we might be inching toward normalcy, there is another disruption....
What’s Next? Strategy In the Center of the Tornado.
(Check out the free Strategic Readiness Inventory© and TPQ© tools at the bottom of this blog) OMG, I wake up each morning and see one more thing layering complexity and uncertainty into a world already wrought with too much of both. My mind begs the question “What’s...
Are We There Yet? How To Survive Strategically.
(Check out the free Strategic Readiness Inventory© at the bottom of this blog) Thinking about all the ways we are impacted during this unprecedented time, one thing I am lamenting is the loss of our annual vacation. I have been reflecting on my childhood family...