by Phil Jones | Updated 4 Sep, 2023 | 4G Balanced Scorecard, Strategy implementation, Thought provokers
In this article we look at a really common statistic that was popularised with Norton & Kaplan’s approach: the “statistic” that 9 out of 10 of business strategies fail due to poor execution. Now, I have never believed it. It is attributed to...
by Phil Jones | Updated 15 Feb, 2018 | Balanced Scorecard Alignment, Strategy implementation, Strategy maps & mapping
A client recently asked an important question. They are in the middle of strategy development and planning. They want to move to more useful measures and a better grip on the organisation. They are considering a strategic balanced scorecard approach. There is so...
by Phil Jones | Updated 26 Oct, 2017 | Examples & case studies, Ownership and buy-in, Strategy implementation
In this video, (the third of three) Steve Lunn talks to Phil Jones about how he changed the incentive and reward system at Anglian Water using the Strategic Balanced Scorecard Approachas a central part of their Transformation project. A significant part of the...
by Phil Jones | Updated 31 Dec, 2014 | Examples & case studies, Ownership and buy-in, Public Sector Balanced Scorecard, Strategy implementation
Ever wanted to ensure you engaged people and managed to change attitudes and performance, as you rolled out your strategic balanced scorecard? In this video, Steve Lunn talks to Phil Jones about their work together at Anglian Water (AW) as AW rolled out a strategy to...
by Phil Jones | Updated 19 Feb, 2018 | Strategy implementation
Are your people polishing strategy, instead of implementing it? In our organisation people have big brains – and that can be a problem! Listening to a Chief Executive talk to her the team about the strategy, I was struck by a phrase she used multiple times in...
by Phil Jones | Updated 30 May, 2020 | Balanced Scorecard Various Types, Strategy implementation
Are Balanced Scorecard implementations for Strategy Execution and for Performance Management actually two different types of projects and balanced scorecard? Do they actually have different agenda, work flow, stakeholders involved, pitfalls, and require different...
by Phil Jones | Updated 2 Jan, 2018 | Strategy implementation
As an Executive, the strategy execution problem is about getting the ideas and plans that exist in your heads, into the heads of your people so that they get it, change happens, and they execute your strategy. Having worked on your strategy it will now exist in at...