Feature Focus - August Updates to StrategyBlocks There are a number of new features available in the latest release of StrategyBlocks, let's take a quick look at each one. Deeper Integration to Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AAD) We have enhanced our integration with AAD which now extends past the current Single Sign-on (SSO) capability. This [...]
Need a Boost in Productivity? Break Down Your Silos Digital transformation remains alive and well across most companies, as adaption and agility have become the norm in order to stay competitive. To successfully function at the pace required today, a company has to do more than rely on technology or processes. Creating the right [...]
Strategic Plan Profile Assessment At StrategyBlocks, we read, review and model many strategic plans. It is important that we can interpret and understand the plan’s intent quickly. This is the case for other stakeholders with an interest in a business’s strategic direction too. If you are a local government organization, the community has an interest [...]
Feature Focus - StrategyBlocks Integration with Microsoft PowerPoint It seems almost all organizations today are constantly striving for greater strategic transparency and want to share elements of their strategic plan with a wide variety of stakeholders. It could be shared internally or externally (e.g., to the community, customers, students, partners etc.) - and of course [...]
Building a Strategy to Meet Your ESG Goals Building a sustainable company is no longer on the list of nice-to-haves. Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) metrics are insights that rank just as important as Return on Investment (ROI) for company executives, shareholders and even consumers. More than just financial benefit, having clearly defined ESG metrics [...]
The Strategy Behind When to Take a Stand Blame it on the rise of social media, more socially conscious consumers, or perhaps even the 24-hour news cycle, but never has there been more pressure on companies to weigh in on controversial topics trending in the mainstream consciousness. These topics are often centered around real-time crises—everything [...]
Strategic Dashboarding and the Use of Imagery A picture is worth a thousand words I am a great fan of including imagery as part of my dashboard design and layouts. When used properly, images can add so much to a visualization; however, many would rather fill any spare white space with another number or a [...]
Struggling through the Great Resignation? Prioritizing Diversity Can Help Two years into the pandemic and we’re only beginning to wrap our minds around the impact it has had on the workforce. Global lockdowns and a new, more virtual world spurred ‘The Great Resignation,’ with individuals from all walks of life evaluating their priorities and preferences [...]
We can all be Strategic Leaders - Characteristics of Successful Ones Visionary or Operator? Following a recent 2021 study by PwC on Harvard Business Review, they recognized some “key characteristics” that were desirable to be a future successful leader. In the past (and perhaps still today), it was common that in the significant majority of [...]
When Less is More: The Art of the Subtraction Strategy There’s a reason that Marie Kondo, author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, is so famous. Her Konmari method of organization focuses on finding what brings you joy and then organizing your space around it. When it was published in 2011, it was the [...]
