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, [...]
A bake-off between OKR & OGSM strategic methodologies Benefits of a methodology Using a methodology as the framework from which you approach the execution of strategic thinking can be extremely helpful. It offers a proven approach to strategy implementation and provides a standardized method which is consistent across the enterprise. This, in theory, will lead [...]
Navigating Outcome Delivery Plans: The New UK Reporting System In an effort to improve planning and spending, the British government recently instituted regulations around strategy reporting. The goal, according to the Public Accounts Committee, is to better define how planning and performance information is central to not only ensuring funding, but to proving out the [...]
The Do’s and Don'ts of Strategic Planning for Local Governments Strategy planning is not just for corporations. At StrategyBlocks, we work with a wide number of municipal and county governments across the US to help organize, visualize and execute on their strategic plans for their communities. Often, these entities don’t have dedicated individuals with a [...]
Working with StrategyBlocks Milestones Milestones Purpose Milestones offer a different method of capturing delivery confidence at the lowest level of the value tree (a leaf block). Rather than using the familiar Progress Slider (0-100%), delivery is described as a fixed subset of deliverables (a strategic check-list). A milestone definition can be created centrally by an [...]
City Governments: Tips to Secure and Better Managing Grant Funding In March of this year, United States President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), a sweeping stimulus package that offered aid not just to individuals and corporations, but also $360 billion to state and local governments. While this money has [...]
4 Primary Factors that Drive Successful Strategic Execution Projects There are many factors that lead to the delivery of a successful transformational project, and it really does not matter what the technology is. The purpose of this article is to focus on what makes a successful implementation of a strategic performance management system. Based on [...]
The New Digital Demand: Is Your Company Ready? Digital transformation has moved far beyond streamlining business operations. Digital has played a critical role in enhancing the consumer experience and its value has only increased over the last year when the pandemic changed the way so many businesses connect to their customers. Mary Meeker’s most recent [...]
Should Do or Need to Do? How to Spot the Difference in Your Business Strategy When trying to make decisions for your business it’s easy to get caught up on what you should do to succeed, versus what you need to do to succeed. If you’re having trouble spotting the difference, let’s be clear: the [...]
