Realistic Business Objectives

Realistic Business Objectives

Jun 15, 2017 | Strategy

Every company needs a clearly defined set of business objectives as part of its business strategy. These objectives should follow the SMART model – being specific in nature, measurable in output with key performance indicators, achievable with stretch and...
Strategy for Beginners

Strategy for Beginners

Jun 5, 2017 | Strategic Planning, Strategy

Strategy for Beginners – Strategy is a process just like any other process.  Unfortunately this simple fact is often forgotten. All too often organisations think about strategy once or twice a year and forget about it until prompted by a senior manager.  Unless...

Thinking Strategically

Jan 30, 2017 | Strategy

It’s coming up to the start of new fiscal year in the United Kingdom (and many other parts of the world). It’s the time of the year when most companies start thinking strategically. Typically, medium to large sized companies will book away-days for the executive team...

Strategic Graffiti

Jun 25, 2015 | Strategy

In his book ‘The Execution Shortcut’ Jeroen De Flander introduces the notion of Strategic Graffiti. This is when a strategic message is passed from one level to another (or even sideways) and the message is either embellished or condensed or changed in some way that...

Intrafocus Announces Strategy Today

Jun 17, 2015 | Press Releases, Strategy

Press Release: Intrafocus has announced that Strategy Today has gone live. It is the hub for all things related to strategic thinking, news and information. Strategy Today is a community website built for anyone who is involved in building strategies for for business,...

Strategy Execution Summit 2015 – Success!

May 28, 2015 | Strategic Planning, Strategy

The Strategy Execution Summit 2015 held this month in Washington DC has once again been a tremendous success. The summit, held jointly by The Balanced Scorecard Institute (holders of the industry de facto standard balanced scorecard methodology) and Spider Strategies...