Communication: The Key To Engaged Action There is an old game called the telephone game. It has long been a staple in childhood classrooms and corporate retreats to teach the value of clear communication, working together, and what can go wrong when a message, that starts out clear and concise, gets passed along beyond [...]
Optimizing Customer Value in Business Strategy We get it, defining your business strategy can be daunting. After considering all the internal strengths and weaknesses of your business, and the many external challenges and opportunities of your market, drawing insights from “crossovers” of internal assets and external opportunities is a feat in and of itself; [...]
Innovate Or Face Death By Digital Disruption Brands like Blockbuster and Kodak might feel like blasts from the past, but they really are valuable case studies in how a business can fizzle and die seemingly overnight. Digital Disruption is claiming the lives of several enterprises who once enjoyed top-of-their-field status, while competitors such as [...]
Stop Planning, Start Executing We’re in the business of strat planning here at StrategyBlocks, so it might strike you as odd that we are willing to tell you enough is enough. Of course it is all well and good to have a perfect and meticulously laid out strategic plan for your business, but what [...]
Why Brand Equity Should Be A Part Of Every Business’ Strategy Brand equity has become a widely used term in the marketing industry over the past decade. Defined as a brand’s commercial value, or a brand’s ability to create a lasting and positive differential response in the marketplace, brand equity is more than just [...]
The Vision of Strategy Have you ever stopped to consider the human eye - taking in millions of images and then transmitting complex visuals to be processed into data in mere milliseconds? It’s amazing. Our eyes are the gateway to the superhuman computer we call our brain. They allow us to see the world [...]
We’ve Been Selected As A Cloud Awards Finalist... TWICE! 2017 is off to a winning start! We’re excited to announce that we’ve been selected as a finalist in the 2016-17 Cloud Awards Program across two categories: Best Project Management Cloud Service and Best Software-as-a-Service (non-U.S.) Platform. Today’s businesses are looking for a strategic advantage [...]
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 [...]
Strategy Spotlight: How to Manage the Convergence of Holiday Season and Year End According to the famous holiday song, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Yet for businesses of all sizes, it can also be one of the most overwhelming times of the year. Not only do you have the manage the [...]
