by Robert Bradford | Oct 24, 2014 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford, President and CEO This article was previously published in Compass Points in July 2008 Simplified Strategic Planning was originally designed to be a process used at the business unit level. While it is an excellent approach for optimizing the...
by Robert Bradford | Aug 29, 2014 | Strategic Thinking
All organizations that are successful over long periods of time are learning organizations. This requires that the management team learns from its experience. It’s worthwhile, periodically, to take some time to reflect on both your successes and your failures,...
by Robert Bradford | Aug 15, 2014 | Competitive Strategy
These two words go together sickeningly often. Every buzz-word spouting bozo tends to refer to themselves as “inspiring strategic innovation” or “working on innovation strategy”. But these words have very specific meanings, and, when it comes to strategy, there is...
by Robert Bradford | Jul 2, 2014 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford, President & CEO Reprinted from Course and Direction April 2007 “Time is money”. We’ve all heard that, right? But does your company operate that way? Many times, I’ve seen companies succeed wildly simply because they...
by Robert Bradford | Jun 6, 2014 | Strategic Planning
By Robert W. Bradford, President & CEO In over 1,600 strategic planning meetings, I have noticed that people have a tendency to approach their planning process from many different angles. One of the most interesting sets of angles revolves around the very common...
