New Thinking Is Required For Digital Transformation: Part 3: Competing In An Agile Digital World By now it’s clear that companies must embrace digital transformation to remain competitive and relevant. I have previously looked at the importance of giving people the right skills, as well as transitioning from outdated legacy systems into fully digital [...]
New Thinking Is Required For Digital Transformation Part 2: Transitioning Legacy Systems into Digital Solutions In my recent blog post, I discussed how businesses must focus on people and company culture to successfully master digital transformation. This article will take a closer look at the technology, and why digital transformation requires businesses to make [...]
Spotlight on Strategy: The Friction of Managing People Management would be easy if everyone was hard working, collaborative and had a great attitude. Reality is, we each have strengths and weaknesses in different areas, and it’s the job of strong managers and supervisors to pull a team together to maximize its capabilities. When management [...]
StrategyBlocks Shortlisted for Collaboration Product of the Year We are excited to share that among hundreds of entrants, StrategyBlocks 4.0 has been shortlisted for the 2017 UK Cloud Awards! The awards, jointly organized by the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) and Cloud Pro, were created to celebrate innovation, entrepreneurialism and technical excellence in the UK [...]
New Thinking is Required for Digital Transformation - Part 1: Giving People the Right Skills Digital transformation is without a doubt one of the most used buzzed about phrases in the business world today, but it’s evident that it’s more than just a buzzword. Most companies, in any sector, agree that to grow, remain [...]
Communication: The Key To Engaged Action There is an old game called the telephone game. It has long been a staple in childhood classrooms and corporate retreats to teach the value of clear communication, working together, and what can go wrong when a message, that starts out clear and concise, gets passed along beyond [...]
Optimizing Customer Value in Business Strategy We get it, defining your business strategy can be daunting. After considering all the internal strengths and weaknesses of your business, and the many external challenges and opportunities of your market, drawing insights from “crossovers” of internal assets and external opportunities is a feat in and of itself; [...]
Innovate Or Face Death By Digital Disruption Brands like Blockbuster and Kodak might feel like blasts from the past, but they really are valuable case studies in how a business can fizzle and die seemingly overnight. Digital Disruption is claiming the lives of several enterprises who once enjoyed top-of-their-field status, while competitors such as [...]
Stop Planning, Start Executing We’re in the business of strat planning here at StrategyBlocks, so it might strike you as odd that we are willing to tell you enough is enough. Of course it is all well and good to have a perfect and meticulously laid out strategic plan for your business, but what [...]
Why Brand Equity Should Be A Part Of Every Business’ Strategy Brand equity has become a widely used term in the marketing industry over the past decade. Defined as a brand’s commercial value, or a brand’s ability to create a lasting and positive differential response in the marketplace, brand equity is more than just [...]
