Posts Tagged ‘strategic conversations’

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Jul 09

A strong performance culture

posted by: Albert van Niekerk category: culture No Comments

There is merit in simplicity “the other side of complexity”, to partly quote Oliver Wendell Holmes. Know the big picture intimately, but then focus on the doing a few things right.

I read an interview yesterday which again confirms that approaches followed by large and small companies are the same. The only difference is the size of the company and the people in it. Size adds complexity to the solution. People are part of the solution or of the problem. read more »

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29
Jun 09

Scenario conversations

posted by: Albert van Niekerk category: planning 2 Comments

The business and financial worlds have changed dramatically. The traditional approach to planning in no longer sufficient. We live in turbulent times. For 20 recession-free years, the business environments in most countries were relatively simple. This is no longer the case. A recession and globalisation have changed our business environments.

To match new circumstances we need to use better planning tools such as scenario conversations. This tool has been around for decades but has largely been unused. Has your company ever used a broad scenario conversation as a precursor to developing its strategic and operational plans? read more »

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