Portfolio Management Through a Strategic Lens Linking delivery to purpose I have been fortunate to have worked with a very diverse range of organizations as part of their strategic planning process, and one thing is always consistent: there is a strong desire to link delivery to purpose. This connection is crucial in ensuring that every [...]
Navigating the Market Maze: How the Strategy Clock Can Guide Your Business In today's hyper-competitive marketplace, standing out from the crowd is a constant struggle. With endless options available at a click, consumers are spoilt for choice, and businesses are left scrambling to find their edge. This is where the Strategy Clock, a timeless strategic [...]
Homepage Redesign: Prioritizing Your Time and Productivity Putting your user experience first Our latest June release included a revamped Homepage, the primary purpose of which was to help reduce the time you spend reviewing blocks, metrics, and risks. The updated Homepage design aims to make your experience simpler, more engaging, and enable you to navigate [...]
Achieve Smooth Enterprise Program Management with Milestones in StrategyBlocks 6 The May 8 release of StrategyBlocks dives deep into milestones. We'd like to show you how this powerful feature, together with agile work structures and linked outcomes, plays an important role in keeping your enterprise program management on track. Imagine your strategy as an upside-down tree. Each [...]
Dissecting Success: The Anatomy of a Powerful Strategic Review An Imperfect Market In a perfect market, regular reviews of business strategy wouldn't be necessary. A truly dynamic strategic plan would continuously adapt as successful programs of work are completed. New initiatives would constantly be added, keeping the plan fresh. StrategyBlocks, a strategic enablement platform, supports [...]
StrategyBlocks Feature Focus – Dashboard Editing Made Easy The Evolution of Dashboards When we look back at the dashboards that we’ve created for customers in the past and compare them with what we’re creating at StrategyBlocks today, it’s apparent that they are becoming considerably more visual, engaging, and comprehensive. Yet we are always striving to [...]
A year in review + Advancements for business strategy in 2024 2023 in Review Let's reflect on 2023 just briefly, words like challenging, turbulent and unpredictable all spring to mind. Speaking to our customers this year, they have experienced such a wide range of challenges. Inflation and economic uncertainty has put enormous pressure on business [...]
StrategyBlocks Feature Focus – New ‘User Actions’ Report Having the ability to track small incremental changes made in the past, can provide much-needed insight into the status of your organizational performance today. Audit reporting of historical actions is a useful tool for any business and plays a crucial role in understanding past performance and driving [...]
How to Create a Happier Workplace Through Effective Work Management Setting the Scene Let me preface this blog post with the statement that I don’t know anything about large-scale construction projects and am not in any way trying to be contentious. However, it is an example of an industry that we can all identify with. [...]
Measuring Success: Evaluating Company Strategy With Performance Metrics We talk a lot on this blog about how to create a successful strategic plan—after all, companies with clearly defined and documented plans grow 30% faster. But how do you know if your plan is successful? This can often be where strategy falls apart. As a recent [...]
