CategoryReflections

Middle and middle-high management operates based on their priorities. These priorities are shaped mainly by the incentives they receive, and the mandates from top management.Often some topics are important for the company. Top management may have even identified them. But this does not mean these topics are on the table for middle management. It may seem absurd, but this happens in large, well...

When we think about strategy we tend to think about high-level plans. We have become accustomed to it. Simple explanations, some simple graphs, a clear and again simple narrative. All fits, all makes sense, all flows well, all seems reasonable and plausible. Nothing contradicts seriously what we believe. Risk seems understood and under control. This is how we have become accustomed to consume...