Leveraging Planning Processes to Bridge Strategy and Execution

The planning process defines how an organization translates its strategy into action, and aligns resources to their strategic priorities. This white paper defines a holistic approach to successfully leverage planning processes to enable sustainable and successful execution of strategy.

Link Strategy and Operations to Achieve Strategy Execution Excellence

Only when strategy is linked to operations can we say an organization is executing its strategy. In recognition of this challenge, IBM sponsored a study to examine the dynamics of linking strategy and operations. This white paper reports on the results of the study, with special focus on the role of technology.

Linking Information Architecture to Enterprise Strategy

The pressure on CIOs today has never been stronger, and many organizations struggle to take an enterprise view of their information assets. Research indicates that many organizations suffer from four key barriers that hinder their ability to leverage their data assets.

Mitigating Risk in Healthcare

Healthcare organizations that are able to link a clearly-defined strategy with day-to-day operations through the use of measurement and related processes are able to both reduce risk and achieve an execution premium. This white paper outlines processes to help articulate strategy, establish the right measures and targets, develop key performance indicators, and invest in the portfolio of strategic initiatives.

Operational Excellence: The New Lever for Profitability and Competitive Advantage 

Managers must link strategy to operations; that is, they must identify the specific work processes and actions needed to reach the strategic objectives the company has defined. The paper introduces an important study on linking operational excellence to strategy execution and demonstrates how operational excellence is a critical and necessary component for successful strategy implementation.

Red Lights and Green Monsters: Designing Next-Generation Dashboards

Tools to track the progress of baseball games have evolved from manual scoreboards displaying runs, hits, and errors to elaborate, web-based applications presenting graphical displays of dozens of key statistics. Similarly, advances in technology have enabled dashboards to evolve from simple online reports with basic variance traffic-lighting to sophisticated operational and analytical tools. This white paper highlights four key components of next-generation dashboard design.

Strategy Execution: A Competency that Creates Competitive Advantage

The execution of strategy is how an organization creates value for its shareholders. Nothing is more important, and 85-90% of organizations fail to execute their strategies. This white paper by Dr. David P. Norton describes six management best practices that make a difference.

War Game

Since 2008, economic instability, uncertainty and risk management have been regular topics of discussion around the world’s boardrooms and executive suites. Much has been written about the need for organizations to place greater emphasis on uncertainty and risk in the planning process, yet in our experience most organizations are ill equipped to manage these challenges, much less predict them.