by Phil Jones | Updated 7 Jun, 2020 | Balanced Scorecard Design Principles
This article looks at the most common balanced scorecard problems that we see clients face. It suggests typical underlying causes of these individual balanced scorecard problem and provides links to more detailed articles that will help you. The presenting...
by Phil Jones | Updated 30 May, 2020 | Balanced Scorecard Projects
How can you ensure your balanced scorecard project succeeds? This article is based on 25 year’s experience, many successes and a clear understanding of why they fail. This applies to all performance management projects, not simply those using a balanced...
by Phil Jones | Updated 10 Jul, 2018 | Balanced Scorecard Projects
This is one of a pair of articles: This one looks at the myths behind “Balanced Scorecard projects fail”. The second looks at the reality of why they might fail and what you can do about them. First let us look under the detail of the most some common...
by Phil Jones | Updated 30 May, 2020 | Balanced Scorecard Perspectives
Understanding the perspectives in a balanced scorecard is fundamental to their correct use. The balanced scorecard perspectives create the cause and effect relationship that tells the story of the strategy. These articles look at the various perspectives,...
by Phil Jones | Updated 20 Jun, 2018 | Balanced Scorecard History
A lot of nonsense is talked about the history of the Balanced Scorecard. In this series of articles, I make a plea for historical accuracy, describe some of the balanced scorecard history and their development from an insider’s perspective. This article summarises...
by Phil Jones | Updated 6 Oct, 2020 | Thought Provoker Newsletters
Three simple thoughts on strategy…. how does your strategy compate to these ideas? Strategy as a persistent pattern of behaviour. If someone says they do not have a strategy, I will ask, “So what has been the persistent pattern of behaviour of the organisation over...
by Phil Jones | Updated 30 May, 2020 | What is strategy
What do people mean when they refer to strategy as a Hypothesis? Why should you treat strategy as a hypothesis? How does it help the strategy process? What are the different types of strategy hypotheses? This article explains the thinking behind strategy...
by Phil Jones | Updated 30 May, 2020 | What is strategy
When developing a strategy I believe you need an argument. Actually good strategy needs two arguments. Strategy needs an argument that explains the underlying thinking behind the strategy. Argument as in explanation. Good Strategy needs an argument amongst the...
by Phil Jones | 14 Mar, 2018 | Language of strategy
This is part of a series of articles about the language of strategy. We cannot have a discussion about strategy, and the related subject of tactics, without a military element. As we know, our word strategy has its origins in Ancient Greek. It derives from the Greek...