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24 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #7 – Demonstrate bias toward decision-making and own the decisions you make
Follow your decisions through to delivery! Commit to making strategic decisions rapidly. Move quickly to correct course, reprioritize, and remove roadblocks. Watch the video.
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23 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #6 – Promote team engagement and effective cross-business cooperation
Beware of the “frozen middle!”. Gain genuine buy-in from middle and line managers by engaging and activating them as strategy champions rather than just as managers and supervisors. Watch the video.
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22 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #5 – Be bold, stay focused and keep it as simple as possible
Encourage smart simplicity! Initiating or rapidly reacting to dramatic changes in the business environment is an increasingly important capability for success. Watch the video.
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21 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #4 – Leverage insight on customers and competitors
Don’t forget to look outside!. Continue to monitor customer needs, collect competitor insight, and monitor the market landscape for major risks, unknowns, and dependencies. Watch the video.
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20 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #3 – Dedicate and mobilize the right resources
Inspire and assign the right people to get the job done! Actively balance “running the business” and “changing the business” by selecting and securing the right resources for each — they often have different needs. Watch the...
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19 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #2 – Accept that you’re accountable for delivering the strategy you designed
Do not underestimate entropy! The orchestration required to succeed in today’s fast-changing and complex business environment is enormous. Watch the video.
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18 June 2018
Brightline's Principle #1 – Acknowledge that strategy delivery is just as important as strategy design
Strategy delivery doesn’t just happen automatically once it is designed! The importance of active and visible leadership cannot be overstated. Watch the video.
Articles
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16 May 2018
If your strategy isn’t working you probably need more than a reorg
We’ve all seen it: A corporation’s strategy isn’t panning out and, as a result, the executive team announces a reorganization (reorg). In the face of failed strategic change, reorgs are a common solution.
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23 April 2018
Brightline Initiative at Web Summit 2017
Watch the video. Brought to you by the Brightline Initiative.
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23 April 2018
Brightline's Dinner at Web Summit 2017
Watch the video. Brought to you by the Brightline Initiative.
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23 April 2018
Why Great Ideas Fail and How to Make Sure They Don't – Brightline's Workshop at Web Summit 2017
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Books
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13 November 2017
Strategy@Work: From design to delivery
Distilled to three words it is: Getting things done. Strategy@Work showcases some of the very best thinkers in the field of strategy and beyond. We hope that it acts as a catalyst for readers to get things done.
Reports
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22 September 2017
Brightline 10 Guiding Principles
Brightline's set of guiding principles to help leaders shrink the costly and wasteful gap between strategy design and delivery. These principles are for us both a moral rule and a basic truth.