Exponential Organizations: Why new organizations are ten times better, faster, and cheaper than yours (and what to do about it)

by Salim Ismail

Often, HR or legal have no incentive to say yes, so their default answer becomes no (which is why HR is often referred to as “inhuman resources”).

But each of these changes comes at great cost, because the flip side of size is flexibility.

Martin Seligman, a leading expert on positive psychology,

Where do I want to go? (Objectives) How will I know I’m getting there? (Key Results to ensure progress is made)

Henry Mintzberg, Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning.

MTPs for overall guidance and emotional enrollment. Dashboards to provide real time information on how a business is progressing. Leveraging “Moments of Impact” for clean, productive decision-making. A one-year (at most) operating plan that is connected to the Dashboard.

execution eats strategy for breakfast.