‼️ NOT EVERY IDEA DESERVES TO LAST A decade ago, Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg reminded us that most ideas are bad. It's crucial to select the best ideas and discard the rest. Even formerly good ideas can become outdated. How do you know when it’s time to retire ideas that no longer serve you? 💡 Here’s a thought: What if you held a monthly strategy review - an open, structured conversation about where you’re headed, how you’re getting there, and what help you need from others? This approach (reposted below) is scale-free and works in any organization with a useful collaborative structure. Give it a try. See what insights emerge. Decide if it works. 🤔 Or reflect on this: What ideas is your strategy built on, and are they still serving you well? What is your #ImpliedStrategy? 👀 Worth considering? In a fast-changing world, strategy is your key to greater liquidity - freedom and power to adapt. Manage strategy well, and you'll notice everything else gets easier (and vice versa). Kind of obvious, which might be why Goldratt called this sort of thing Inherent Simplicity 😉 2025 is named the year of "Collaboration" by #WEF25 and this would be one way to get started and tell about how you are strengthening collaboration 👍 👇 #LiquidOrganization #LeadWithStrategy #FutureOfWork #Collaboration #StrategyUnlocked
🌍✨How does your organization stay aligned and responsive in a changing world? Here’s an idea for a monthly strategy review that might resonate. Think of it as a friendly conversation about where you see things going and what you are doing about it. === Monthly Strategy Review A simple structure to help you dig deeper and increase clarity on aspiration and action across your organization. Split your business into max 25 areas, with nothing left out that consumes time, money, or opportunity. (Overlap is fine, you probably already have these defined.) For each area ask: ⭐ What strategy does it look like is being followed? 🔹 Are we seeing the contributions we expect? 🔹 Does the area have what it takes to contribute? 🔹 Is it reasonable how time, cost, and opportunity have been spent? 🏅 (Advanced) What are the RTB/GTB and productivity ratios? 🔹 What initiatives are currently planned and in progress? 🏅 (Advanced) How long would it take to complete if nothing new started? 🏅 (Advanced) How much would we lose if everything was scrapped? ⚡ What tensions have increased and what surprises have emerged? 🔹 What alternative options have been/are being considered? 🔹 What recent choices have been made? 🔹 Any extra help needed? Something to watch out for? Then, look at the organization as a whole and ask the same questions. 🎯 Finally ask: Is this who we want to be? === This is how a #LiquidOrganization would play around the balancing acts to navigate complexity, juggle trade-offs, and keep a healthy risk exposure. 💡 It becomes more difficult to overlook when formerly good ideas turn bad or new and even better ideas emerge. === But what about your organization? How much liquidity do you have? 🔍 How do you follow through on strategy? 🔍 How is accountability defined? 🔍 Who do you invite for the conversation? 🔍 Who can access the presentations? 🔍 How do your tools, AI, and analytics assist you? 🔍 Where do your surprises and tensions come from? 🎯 How do you change your choices when new realities emerge? Perhaps worth a conversation in your board or leadership team. Compare it with your regular QBRs, PI-Plannings, and other forms of strategy alignment and follow-up sessions you have scheduled. #LeadWithStrategy #LiquidOrganization #FutureOfWork Inspired by: Dave Snowden, Roger Martin, Prof. Bent Flyvbjerg, Dean Leffingwell, Tom Gilb, L. David Marquet, Stephen Bungay, Donald Reinertsen - more mentioned in my book UNMESS on Collaborative Lean Portfolio Management. (The picture shows an amended configuration of #PTW.)
