Feature Focus - Nested Custom Fields Available this month is a feature extension to Custom Fields. First, let's start with a recap of the purpose of Custom Fields within StrategyBlocks. There will often be times when ‘out-of-the-box’ fields don’t quite meet the specific reporting requirement you are looking for. As an example, some form of [...]
Making The Case for New Technology Investment In the age of disruption, technology is nearly impossible to keep up with. While it can be enticing to bring new technology solutions into every facet of your business, budgets and resources rarely allow for it. So how can you be sure that investing in new technology is [...]
Three Tips for Successful, Agile Strategy This Year Thomas Edison famously said, “Vision without execution is just hallucination.” Chances are, as the new year gets underway, you’ve got a solid vision for what you want to accomplish within your organization. Whether or not you meet those goals will be determined largely by the actions taken [...]
What’s ahead for 2022? We share our top predictions After the last two years, we can all agree that ‘predicting the future’ is an impossible feat. Still, we can benefit from looking at the business landscape around us and highlighting what trends are going to have the biggest impact in the months to come. Two [...]
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 [...]
