by Phil Jones | Updated 5 Oct, 2018 | Strategy, Thought provokers
I want to make the case for humble strategy. There is a danger that we can own and become too attached to our strategy because we have researched it, created it and eulogised about it. However we need to be dispassionate about it and even humble. This short thought...
by Phil Jones | Updated 12 Dec, 2018 | Strategy
What is missing from our strategic thinking? In this article I suggest there is not enough thought given to how we lead and manage our organisations and our people. It is also a piece of the strategy jigsaw that dramatically influences the performance of our...
by Phil Jones | Updated 27 Jun, 2018 | 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 as a...
by Phil Jones | Updated 15 Mar, 2018 | 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...
by Phil Jones | Updated 14 Mar, 2018 | Language of strategy
If we are to talk about strategy is it worth understanding the origins of the word strategy and some of its variations. The origins of the word strategy lies in Ancient Greece The origins of the word strategy and its use, comes from the ancient Greek. They used it in...
by Phil Jones | Updated 14 Mar, 2018 | Language of strategy
Whilst watching a nature programme, the narrator described how “the film crew strategically placed the cameras to watch the wildlife”. What did he mean? Is being strategic, simply Strategy as ‘we thought about it’? Can we tell the difference...
by Phil Jones | Updated 15 Mar, 2018 | Language of strategy, What is strategy
Over the years I have read many strategy documents. Some have over-simplified their strategy to the extent that it is hard to tell what to do. What they write down sounds impressive, but is not a strategy. What are the common strategy simplification mistakes? How...
by Phil Jones | Updated 14 Mar, 2018 | Language of strategy
“You can strategically add strategy to any strategic sentence to give it any strategic meaning you strategically want it to strategically have.” Yes indeed folks, many people add strategy to their sentences to make them sound important. But strategy is...
