by Robert Bradford | Mar 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
Sometimes executives I work with overlook culture as an important strategic building block of success. It may be that they see it as nonsense, and it may be they don’t see any return on the long and sometimes patient investment required to see results. But culture...
by Robert Bradford | Feb 28, 2024 | Making predictions, Strategic Planning
In my last two posts, I discussed two of the three things that people get wrong in strategic planning: information and buy-in. Today, I’ll be discussing the third thing: sources and estimates. Data Sources As I mentioned in a previous post, people tend to want to...
by Robert Bradford | Feb 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
In my last post, I discussed the issues around information that people encounter in their strategic planning. This week, I’ll be discussing how people can run into strategic planning trouble with buy-in. Buy-in Buy-in is a way of describing the emotional attachment...
by Robert Bradford | Feb 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Most people I encounter in business tell me they do strategic planning. When they describe their process, however, I can quickly identify key issues they will have with their planning and how to address it with a few key questions (or thought processes). Let me share...
by Robert Bradford | Oct 10, 2023 | Strategic Planning
Sometimes it seems there are just two views of strategic planning: it’s either a one or two-day retreat, or it’s an all-consuming, constant exercise. The “strategy light” version – a one or two-day retreat, seems super practical, while the “heavy strategy” version –...
