Amazon’s Fresh Strategy  Amazon surprised many in June of this year when it acquired Whole Foods Market for almost $14 billion, representing the largest acquisition in the company’s history. The purchase of grocery retail giant transformed online shopping altogether, begging the question of what products and services may become available online in the months [...]
StrategyBlocks Wins Big at Golden Bridge Awards with Four Awards!  August has been a great month on the awards front for StrategyBlocks. Today, we’re pleased to share the news that we won not one, but FOUR awards from the Golden Bridge Awards: Gold in Collaboration and Web 2.0 tools Silver in Cloud Computing/SaaS Innovations [...]
We’re Seeing Double With Two Stevies Wins!  We’re thrilled to share that we’ve been recognized by the Stevies twice over, as bronze winners in the annual International Business awards for both the Best Business or Competitive Intelligence Solution, and the Best Collaboration/Social Networking Solution. StrategyBlocks 4.0 was recognized for the way it enables any [...]
Is Your Strategic Plan Due for a Checkup?  How often do you review the health of your strategic plan? If you’re like many, then you probably don’t spend as much as time as you should. After all, it’s easy to get stuck in your day-to-day routine at work. However, the benefits of scheduling regular [...]
Three Tips for Successful Risk Management  Organizations are becoming more advanced, and given the increasingly digital and interconnected global environment, business risks are occurring with greater frequency and velocity than ever before. In a report by Rapid Ratings, when asked if executives had faced significant supply chain issues or risk events in the last [...]
The Fading Art of Implementation  Organizations invent strategies as though their livelihood depends on it –which it does. So why, then, if strategy is so imperative to company and personal success, does strategic implementation get left behind, even when tasks, assignments, and inquiries come from all sides and seem to demand immediate attention? The [...]
3 Effective Ways to Expand Your Business  Building a business is a challenge in itself, so it’s no surprise that some people focus so much on the creation of the business they fail to consider how to properly manage growth. If you find your business is flourishing in its current state, congratulations! But it’s [...]
The A to Z of Strategy  We get it, sometimes you don’t have the time to read a whole book about strategy. So we’ve taken the time to sum it up in one easy guide. Read on for the complete A to Z of strategy planning, management and execution - and as always, happy [...]
Strategy of Influence  Influence marketing is like getting an invitation to the biggest party of the year. The guest list reads names from media moguls, to this week’s MVPs, to the rich and famous straight off the Hollywood silver screen. Imagine what getting an invite to that party with the ability to get all [...]
StrategyBlocks Wins Gold and Bronze in IT World Awards We are thrilled to announce StrategyBlocks is a double winner in the 12th Annual IT World Awards, taking home gold for New Products and Services and bronze for Hot Technologies and Products. The IT World Awards are the world's premier information technology awards from Network [...]
