Your OKR Cascade is Breaking Your Strategy (August 8, 2025) Most companies cascade OKRs down their org chart thinking it creates alignment. Instead, it fragments strategy and marginalizes supporting teams. Here's what works better than the waterfall approach.
21 items tagged with strategy
Your Prioritization Problem Is a Strategy Problem (July 7, 2025) Most teams struggle with prioritization because they're trying to optimize for everything at once. The real problem isn't having too many options—it's not having a clear strategy to choose between them. Without strategy, every decision feels equally important. With strategy, most decisions become obvious.
Building the Next Big Thing: A Framework for Your Second Product (November 11, 2024) You need a first product sooner than you think. Here's a framework for helping you identify a winner.
Different roadmaps for different folks (September 9, 2024) The key to effective roadmapping? Different views for different needs.
Strategy Means Saying No (October 10, 2020) An oft-overlooked aspect of strategy is to define what you are not doing. There are lots of adjacent problems you can attack. Strategy means defining which ones you will ignore.
Understanding vision, strategy, and execution (October 10, 2020) Vision is what you're trying to do. Strategy is broad strokes on how you'll get there. Execution is the tasks you complete to complete the strategy.
How Companies Respond to the Risks of Personal Brands (December 12, 2008)
How Companies Respond to the Risks of Personal Brands (December 12, 2008)
Brain drain (October 10, 2007)
Working with open source (May 5, 2007) Sun's CEO's thoughts on how open source models and companies have shaped Sun.
Think or do (July 7, 2006) Ideas are a dime a dozen. Executing them is what's valuable.
Because I'm a rockstar, that's why (May 5, 2006)
Sun Niagra server trial making a strategic mistake (March 3, 2006) Sun is making a strategic mistake by making it hard for startups to try their servers.
Small Businesses missing the Web (January 1, 2003) Many small businesses don't think they need a Web site. But having a site can enhance any business, save money, and increase revenue.
Internet MLS discussion (September 9, 2002) The National Association of Realtors is considering a ruling that will prevent brokers from displaying full property data on the Web. Read how this might help consumers.
Wireless Adoption (September 9, 2002) At the real estate softare company where I used to work, our WAP product won us sales, but nobody bought it.
Total Experience (August 8, 2002) A great Web site, cheap prices, and bad service. Which will your customers remember?
Strategic Site Management (June 6, 2002) Someone in your company should be in charge of your Web site. Here's why.
Complex operations hurt your business (May 5, 2002)
Risky Business (January 1, 2002) Does innovation always provide a competetive advantage?
Maniacal Focus (January 1, 2002) If your company has a competitive weakness, you should make it your number one priority to overcome that weakness. Even better is to turn it around and make it a strength.