Insights & Perspectives

Designing client programs for outcomes, not sessions

Most programmes are designed around sessions. They should be designed around outcomes. Here is how to lock in outcomes from day one, with the Program Outcome Canvas and four worked examples.

The €19 Trillion Question

Our new e-book, Europe's Alternate Tech Future, rewrites thirty years of European tech history and asks what the path not taken is really worth. Download it free here. In September 2024, Mario Draghi said out loud what many in Brussels already knew. Europe had fallen...

How Money Flows Through Clusters

Just like a business, a cluster needs a business model and a financial model. Here are the five ways money flows out of a cluster, and the three ways it comes in.

Rita McGrath on Strategy Tools in Action

Rita McGrath on Strategy Tools in Action

Imagine enrolling in a traditional course on strategic management, because you need to or want to understand something about the topic. You hope the course will help land you a job in an exciting industry – perhaps high tech, advanced materials or consulting or other...

STRATEGY TOOLS IN 2020 – Highlights

STRATEGY TOOLS IN 2020 – Highlights

2020 has proven to be a different year than anyone expected. In this blog post, we would like to reflect back on 2020 and share some big ideas for 2021. Looking back at 2020, three things stand out to us: #1 The growth of the global community 2020 has seen a massive...

The Four Roles of the Strategy Officer

The Four Roles of the Strategy Officer

In our work with hundreds of companies and dozens of strategy officers, we have come to identify four significant roles for the strategy officer. We believe it is critical for companies to understand how their specific strategy function works and how they can improve...

Reflections on “Working Digital”​

Reflections on “Working Digital”​

Five weeks – Eight Countries With five weeks left till Christmas, it seemed like a good time to reflect and plan for the closing part of the year. While 2020 has developed little as planned, we have been able to stay on track, accelerate our development and roll out a...

Transformational Leadership Everywhere

Transformational Leadership Everywhere

This blogpost is written for the Global Drucker Forum 2020, Leadership Everywhere She was not the obvious leader in the room. As a female CFO, she was not the obvious go-to-leader, but it was very clear once you got to know her and the work she did, that for all...