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Stop Fighting the Wrong Fire

Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: Organizations frequently direct corrective action toward the departments where problems become visible, without establishing whether the conditions responsible for those problems originate elsewhere. Understanding how decisions, processes and activities across an organization interact can reveal why problems persist and where interventions are most likely to make a…
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Perfect Harmony, Broken Infrastructure: The Illusion of Strategic Alignment

Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: An organization can have a beautifully articulated strategic plan, with its vision, mission, values and priorities appearing perfectly aligned, while its structures, systems and everyday practices contradict what it intends to achieve. Meaningful strategic alignment requires more than agreement on direction; the organization’s operating infrastructure must support…

