Our blog articles about strategy, people, performance, decision making, balanced scorecards and culture change
Here is a way into my blog articles, over 300 of them: It is structured into major topics areas linking to the most articles in each topic area. These cover:

- The Strategy Zone
- Communicating & socialising Strategy: An Executive’s guide
- The Decision Improvement Zone:
- The Culture & Behavioural Change Zone
- The Performance Management Zone: A guide to understanding the management of performance
- Modern Balanced Scorecard Zone
- The 4G Strategic Management Zone
- How we look at our organisations and how we manage: The Paradigm Shift Zone
- Thought provoking articles about how we manage our organisations
Simply scroll down through the various topic areas and articles…
1) Strategy choice, approach and implementation articles: Most recent first
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2) Communicating & Socialising Strategy articles: Most recent first
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3) Decision making and decision taking articles: Most recent first
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4) Performance management, various types and perspectives. Most recent articles first
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5) How to achieve Cultural and Behavioural change. Most recent articles first
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5) Modern Balanced Scorecards. Most recent articles first
Principles of Effective Balanced Scorecards: Measure what you want to manage
Measure what you want to manage (not the other way around). To understand why, let us start with a case study: Like many organisations, this FTSE 100 Company's executive team had a vast amount of data at their fingertips. Their monthly report contained around 120...
Effective balanced scorecards: They reflect your organisation’s thinking
Is your balanced scorecard a reflection of your organisation? A manager once said to me, "Our Balanced Scorecard is an unfocussed mess.". So I asked him, "Is your balanced scorecard, in some way, a reflection of your organisation?". Cheeky I know. However he looked...
Principles of Effective Balanced Scorecards: What are you paying attention to?
What are you paying attention to? Have you noticed how you notice what you are paying attention to? Are you paying attention to the letter t in this article? I doubt you were, but you are now, and you can stop if you want. Likewise, when you get a new car that you...
Strategy, Balanced Scorecards and Learning – the origins
Strategy, Balanced Scorecards and Learning organisations To understand how learning fits in the balanced scorecard you have to have some history. Back when Norton formed Renaissance Worldwide with Kaplan as non-exec he had two other key directors (1994 I think). Harry...
Strategy maps for different purposes
You can design a strategy map for different purposes. You can draw a 'strategy map' in a variety of ways. However, only some help you develop the strategy and the subsequent scorecard underneath. The others act more as communication tools. This article explores...
Getting joined up services in a city council that operates in silos?
How do you get joined up working in a city council that operates in silos? I saw such a question on a discussion forum recently, and this was my reply. It relates to a strategic balanced scorecard engagement with a UK City Council looking to create joined up thinking...
6) Fourth Generation Strategic Balanced Scorecards and modern methods of management. Most recent articles first
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7) Paradigm shifts that affect our organisations and how we manage.
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7) Thought provokers, designed to make you consider thinking differently about how we manage and our organisations:
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