The Four Perspectives of Improved Decision-Making How we make decisions We often talk about agile work practices and dynamic strategic execution as a critical part of the ‘fabric’ of business innovation, but for some reason, we are not able to push this way of thinking and working back into the strategic decision-making process--what we call [...]
Three Steps to Start Your ESG Journey Today On the heels of this year’s Cop26, it is clear that businesses around the world are committed to reducing their environmental impact and improving sustainability practices. Analysts from McKinsey & Company rightly noted that while nearly everyone is aligned on achieving NetZero, the path to getting there [...]
Harnessing the Value of Informal Leaders At StrategyBlocks we work with a large number of organizations who want to improve their strategic success. These conversations often take place with company leadership who understand firsthand how crucial visibility into strategic programs can be to achieving goals. What we’ve found after many strategic engagements is that while [...]
Feature Focus – StrategyBlocks V5.3 Release There are several exciting new features in the November release of StrategyBlocks! External Dashboards Dashboard Grid Metric Block Face Update Small Metric Network Block New Filter Control External Dashboards Last month we discussed the drive toward true strategic transparency and we have been actively discussing with our customers what [...]
Building Community Closeness Through Transparency Community closeness We recently published a Research Report focusing on Proven Practice Strategic Planning, Design, Execution and Reporting for US Municipal and County Government Organizations-- it was an interesting field of strategy to research. One aspect of the report discussed the findings of a World Bank Group commissioned paper exploring [...]
Corporate Strategy at Every Level - What Role do You Play? We talk often about how the C-suite and business leaders can help steer corporate strategy, and with good reason. The vision and goals for a company start at the top, and creating strategy to meet those goals is an important part of leadership. Strategy [...]
Roadmap to Achieving Strategic Adaptation The strategic planning trend Toward the end of 2020 we analyzed some StrategyBlocks usage trends which gave us a glimpse into the frequency of strategic planning cycles. There was a strong indicator that the cycle of strategic renewal was gathering pace. That means the way we map out the course [...]
Five Reasons to Improve Strategy Execution Now A couple of years ago we shared a brief article on the benefits of strategic planning. We highlighted only a few examples, particularly as it helps internally with company organization and communication. Still today, one of the first questions we are asked is “why should our company have [...]
Feature Focus - Enhancements to Multi Chart Features Following the release of the custom dashboard multi chart, we have had some great feedback from customers enabling us to add some extra features and functionality. New Pie Chart (see above!) Everyone seems to love a pie chart, so a couple of options have been added to [...]
Transforming City Government, One Data-Driven Decision at a Time City governments across the US have been under a spotlight in recent years, credited with groundbreaking initiatives and managing through unforeseen upheaval in everything from natural disasters to a global pandemic. Sometimes at odds with, or even forgotten by, federal government officials, cities have forged ahead, [...]
