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The strategic view is understanding who are your champions, who will be your supporters, who will detract from your efforts and who will sabotage you.
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031 |
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Being strategic is a lot of work. It is also heavily tied to influencing without authority and that is something every Badass Business Analyst must practice.
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033 |
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Audacious goals stimulate progress, but big bets without empirical validation, or that fly in the face of mounting evidence, can bring companies down, unless they’re blessed with unusual luck. And luck is not a reliable strategy.
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070 |
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Reorganizations and restructurings can create a false sense that you’re actually doing something productive… But when you begin to respond to data and warning signs with reorganization as a primary strategy, you may well be in denial.
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080 |
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We all know that chess is a game of strategy. So is business. Think about that – and develop a tempo starting today.
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119 |
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In good companies, the story and the strategy are the same thing. As a result, the proper output of all the strategic work is the story.
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236 |
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Winning strategies are built on comprehensive knowledge gathered in every interaction the CEO has with an employee, a customer, a partner, or an investor.
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239 |
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Defining the purpose and mission of the business is difficult, painful, and risky. But it alone enables a business to set objectives, to develop strategies, to concentrate its resources, and to go to work.
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104 |
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Strategic planning is not the application of scientific methods to business decision. It is the application of thought, analysis, imagination, and judgment. Its is responsibility, rather than technique.
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124 |
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…forecasting is not a respectable human activity and not worthwhile beyond the shortest of periods. Strategic planning is necessary precisely because we cannot forecast.
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124 |
