The Demise of Strategic Planning: How to Face The Future of Strategic Agility  "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." - Socrates If you listen to the experts, strategic planning is dead - at least in the traditional sense. For [...]
Strategic Communication Is Key  We humans love stories. All across the globe, children delight in going to bed every night, being tucked in by their parents, snuggling up and flicking through their favorite picture book. Adults are no different – when they grow up they still crave compelling narratives to make sense of the [...]
Smart Strategy Resolutions for Your Business  A recent study by the U.S. Small Business Administration,Redefining Business Success, showed that 66 percent of new businesses survive the first two years, only 50 percent survive through four years, and just 40 percent make it to the six year mark. Considering there are over a half million [...]
Why Your Company Needs Strategic Management Software  When it comes to preparing your business strategy, you may question whether your company really needs additional software. After all, businesses have run for decades by managing their strategy with simple tools. Yet watching the success of our clients, it is clear that yesterday’s methods are no [...]
A Question to Marketers in APAC: Is Your Brand Strategy Aligned with your Business Strategy?  I recently wrote for M&M Global where I discussed the importance of aligning business strategy with brand strategy. If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you’re a curious, committed marketer who fully understands that a well-conceived brand strategy is [...]
The Great Migration: How Cities Can Manage The Urbanization Trend  In a recent CIO article, we shared that cities all over the world are currently consumed with how to be ‘smart.’ A flood of new inhabitants in urban areas across the globe is resulting in municipalities that need technology which can seamlessly engage citizens [...]
Three Statements to Bring Clarity to Your Business Strategy  We’ve helped organizations of all shapes and sizes manage their strategic execution for some time. And as such, we feel confident in saying that - no matter the size of the company - in order for a business to be successful it must establish a [...]
The Definitive Guide to Strategic Holiday Shopping  There’s no question that at StrategyBlocks, we live and breathe strategy. So we feel pretty confident in saying we’re experts when it comes to building a strategy for all kinds of events and activities, even outside of the work place. Tomorrow marks Black Friday, the biggest worldwide [...]
Black Friday: From Retail Therapy to Big Business Strategy  One of the biggest holiday traditions from a business perspective is that of Black Friday shopping. Originating in the United States, Black Friday has a varied history, but most attribute its name as referring to the first shopping day of the year where retailers go [...]
Planning Ahead: Business Strategy in 2017  There is a phrase which perfectly encompasses the month of November: ‘To be early is to be on time, and to be on time is to be late.’ When it comes to planning the impending year, November is the month which sets the dividing line between strategically on [...]
