Executive Decision Making: Why Visibility Beats Judgement Slow down. Gather more input. Decide with a clear head when every option feels risky. That's the advice on repeat across every leadership newsletter right now. None of it is wrong. It's also not what's actually shaping the quality of executive decision making at most companies. The problem [...]
Six months in: 5 questions your strategy dashboard should be able to answer If you're running a mid-year strategy review, you probably already have dashboards telling you how your strategy is tracking. You have visibility. You have data. You have a view of what's on track and what isn't that gets updated regularly and shared with [...]
Your Strategic Dashboard Belongs on Your Website Most organizations build dashboards for themselves. A live view of strategic performance, visible to the leadership team, the operations team, or whoever owns the work, updated as the work progresses. That is genuinely useful. But it is also only half the picture. When strategic dashboards can be shared [...]
What AI Cannot Do for Your Strategy Chances are your team has used AI in some part of your strategy process by now. Maybe you used it to generate ideas during a planning cycle, to synthesize research, or to draft a strategic narrative. A smaller number of teams have gone further, integrating AI into the [...]
The 90-day Strategy Review that Actually Drives Decisions For most organizations running a January planning cycle, April marks 90 days into the year. It is also, typically, when the first quarterly review lands on the calendar. If your planning year runs on a different schedule, the same logic applies: 90 days in, something important has [...]
Is Your Strategy Execution Drifting? How to Tell Most strategies don't fail loudly. There's no single decision that derails them, no meeting where someone says "we're abandoning this." They just quietly lose their grip on how the organization operates, until one day the distance between the plan and reality is too large to ignore. That [...]
Strategic Planning Software for Growing Cities: The City of Kelowna Story In the pursuit of strategic clarity, the City of Kelowna, a rapidly growing municipality in British Columbia, Canada, transformed its approach to planning and execution using strategic planning software from StrategyBlocks. Kelowna is a vibrant hub, home to 170,000 residents and managed by approximately [...]
Leading the Way in 2026: Sharpening Your Strategy and Execution The year 2026 is here, and with technology like AI reshaping how we work and global events constantly shifting the landscape, honing your leadership strategy for 2026 is no longer just an advantage – it's fundamental for success. Leaders are looking for clarity and control, [...]
Year-End Review: Shaping Tomorrow's Strategy, Together As the year winds down, it's a natural time for us all to pause. We look back at the journey, the strides made, the hurdles overcome, and the invaluable lessons learned along the way. For organizations, this isn't just a moment for individual reflection; it’s an opportunity for leaders [...]
The Most Read Strategy Blogs of 2025 This year, readers' interests clearly pointed towards innovation, clarity, and practical guidance for navigating complex strategy. From enhanced delivery insights to new frameworks and technology, you've shown a strong appetite for transforming ambitious visions into concrete results These are the articles that captured the most attention throughout 2025. [...]
