Strategic planning can smother innovation

Planning is control

Strategic planning, like change management, has a spotty track record buttressed by reams of research on why the idea and process looks so good on paper but delivers lackluster results. [...]

One possible tech future

Productivity future vision

Peering into the near future of technologically aided productivity. [...]

Communicating failure

Communication

"We don't share negative results." If your organization does not communicate failure, isn't it learning only half the story at half speed? [...]

6 Proposal warning signs

Product development

Bad ideas gives give off warning signals just like unwashed bodies do. Here are some of them. [...]

RACI concepts to improve execution

RACI concepts

Defining accountability and responsibility immediately improves execution rates in any process. [...]