Strategic Agility

A great strategy is worthless if it fails in implementation. More than ever, strategic agility is essential for any organization to successfully overcome internal and external barriers and thrive in today’s dynamic environment.

We curated some contents (articles, infographics, videos) that could assist you.

Case study

How a Focus on Culture, Talent, Metrics and Technology Drives the American Red Cross’s Strategy

Case study

How Saudi Telecom Is Reinventing Itself Through Smart Strategy Delivery

Report

Brightline 10 Guiding Principles

Interview

Preventing a “frozen middle”: How to engage middle managers to close the strategy implementation gap

Videos

Successful Strategies – Asking the right questions matters

Videos

The Power of Metaphors

Videos

What Are The Main Things that Stop Strategic Initiatives Being Implemented?

Thinkers50 Award
Infographic

Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops for Strategy Design and Delivery

Featured Resource

Harvard Business Review: The Gap Between Strategy and Execution

Insight Center Collection

Report: 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 compiled in this report.

Highlights:
  • Page 02 – The stretch Goal Paradox – Sim B. Sitkin, C. Chet Miller, and Kelly E. See
  • Page 38 – Good strategy execution requires balancing 4 tensions – Michael Connerty and Simon Horan
  • Page 44 – Is execution where good strategies go to die? – Mark Bonchek
  • Page 48 – Many strategies fail because they’re not actually strategies
  • Page 68 – 3 Changes retailers need to make to survive – Deborah O’Neill and Nick Harrison
  • Page 75 – How to excel at both strategy and execution – Joachim Rotering and Paul Leinwand
  • Page 91 – How the most successful teams bridge the strategy-execution gap – Nathan Wiita and Orla Leonard
  • Page 95 – Great corporate strategies thrive on the right amount of tension – Carsten Lund Pedersen and Thomas Ritter