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25 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #8 – Check ongoing initiatives before committing to new ones
Resist the temptation to declare victory too soon!. With the right governance, leadership, rigor, and reporting capabilities in place, you can regularly evaluate your portfolio of strategic initiatives. Watch the video.
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24 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #7 – Demonstrate bias toward decision-making and own the decisions you make
Follow your decisions through to delivery! Commit to making strategic decisions rapidly. Move quickly to correct course, reprioritize, and remove roadblocks. Watch the video.
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23 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #6 – Promote team engagement and effective cross-business cooperation
Beware of the “frozen middle!”. Gain genuine buy-in from middle and line managers by engaging and activating them as strategy champions rather than just as managers and supervisors. Watch the video.
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22 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #5 – Be bold, stay focused and keep it as simple as possible
Encourage smart simplicity! Initiating or rapidly reacting to dramatic changes in the business environment is an increasingly important capability for success. Watch the video.
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21 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #4 – Leverage insight on customers and competitors
Don’t forget to look outside!. Continue to monitor customer needs, collect competitor insight, and monitor the market landscape for major risks, unknowns, and dependencies. Watch the video.
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20 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #3 – Dedicate and mobilize the right resources
Inspire and assign the right people to get the job done! Actively balance “running the business” and “changing the business” by selecting and securing the right resources for each — they often have different needs. Watch the...
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19 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #2 – Accept that you’re accountable for delivering the strategy you designed
Do not underestimate entropy! The orchestration required to succeed in today’s fast-changing and complex business environment is enormous. Watch the video.
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18 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #1 – Acknowledge that strategy delivery is just as important as strategy design
Strategy delivery doesn’t just happen automatically once it is designed! The importance of active and visible leadership cannot be overstated. Watch the video.
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23 May 2018
Workshop at TED 2018: “Do you have what it takes to escape the room?”
Watch the video. Brought to you by TED in partnership with The Brightline Initiative.
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16 May 2018
If your strategy isn’t working you probably need more than a reorg
We’ve all seen it: A corporation’s strategy isn’t panning out and, as a result, the executive team announces a reorganization (reorg). In the face of failed strategic change, reorgs are a common solution.
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23 April 2018
Brightline Initiative at Web Summit 2017
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23 April 2018
Brightline's Dinner at Web Summit 2017
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23 April 2018
Why Great Ideas Fail and How to Make Sure They Don't – Brightline's Workshop at Web Summit 2017
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17 April 2018
The Brightline Initiative extracts the key lessons from Davos 2018
The main takeaways from this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos were to observe the business landscape, adapt strategy, master implementation and promote inclusiveness.
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28 March 2018
Harvard Business Review: The Gap Between Strategy and Execution
This HBR Insight Center collection, sponsored by Brightline, cuts through the jargon and hand-waving and gives executives clear, actionable advice on how to close the gap between strategy and execution. A total of 24 relevant articles were...
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8 February 2018
Highlights from The Business Case for Openness: Implementing Strategy in a Drawbridge-up World
Watch the video. Brought to you by the Economist in partnership with The Brightline Initiative.