Don't make #businessStrategy something else you do. Make #strategy the way you do things.

...such as those posed by Roger Martin or Richard Rumelt, etc.) will it become harder for newer strategic perspectives (such as Peter Compo, or whatever comes next) to come through. And would some measure of standardisation be a good thing, or stifle innovation?

I wonder if it applies to other (non-programming) frameworks as well? For example, if more and more strategies are developed using existing frameworks (be that PESTEL, SWOT, Balanced Scorecard, or just higher level philosophies...

Dead framework theory https://t.co/0D1asQlA8E This interesting article suggests that LLMs supporting coders will entrench React as the dominant web development paradigm and make it harder for any new or alternative frameworks to make an headway. ctd...

Business strategy consists of: (1) Setting and aligning to shared corporate goals. (2) Agreeing the best way to achieve them. (3) Doing that, that then checking and reflecting on the outcomes. (4) Repeating the process. #strategy #businessStrategy

Many strategy convos focus on: (1) find some customers (2) work out what they want (3) give it to them. That's great for startups & greenfields. Established organisations might do better with: (1) What are we uniquely well placed to do? (2) how can we put that into service?

Asking the right questions in the right order can lead you to a powerful strategy. The wrong questions or the wrong order won't. So the art is working out the right questions and order. And that always depends on the situation you find yourself in. #strategy #businessStrategy

When doing strategy if you try and get to the answer too quickly you shortcut the process. And while you may get an answer it is unlikely to stand up to scrutiny and the rigours of execution. It can be harder to walk answers back than to get them right in the first place.

Business strategy entails asking questions with multiple good answers, and then teasing out the tensions and trade-offs between the alternatives. #strategy #businessStrategy

Key takeaway: AI isn’t a tech cycle; it’s a collateralized compute land grab. The future runs on GPUs, debt, and whoever blinks last. (From AI Secrets Newsletter)

Keir Starmer just explained his latest policy as "because my father worked with his hands and he felt undervalued". This is anecdotal evidence - one of the weakest form of evidence. See

'Shadow-AI' is mostly limited to personal productivity hacks. AI-transformation requires automation at scale, and the development of products, services & business models not previously possible. If your biggest concern is still shadow-AI, you're missing the bigger picture.

Microsoft offered me £50 free advertising credit. But the time it would take me to navigate their maze of sign in rituals is worth more to me that £50.

I am getting more and more cold approaches from people offer in to help move my business overseas. It’s not just the millionaires that are leaving. It’s ordinary hardworking entrepreneurs.

There are 3 levels of AI adoption: 1. Personal productivity (CoPilot, etc.) 2. Mass automation (using Zapier, N8N etc.) 3. Product/service/business model innovation (doing things previous not possible/viable) Real value comes from 3. Too many organisations are still stuck in 1.

Acronyms are a shortcut in speaking and writing. But they also shortcut our thinking. By saying and writing things in full, we slow down, think more deeply about what we actually mean, and are more likely to find opportunities for progress.

Cold pitches packed with acronyms and jargon I’m not familiar are probably the worst of all.

Strongly disagree. I have https://t.co/It3j5n35zO hooked up to https://t.co/gvBAIlvIC3 and it’s a massive productivity booster!

How to make sure what you write never gets read. Tip 1: Make it long.

Ideas are cheap - validation is priceless. 💰 Smart founders build evidence before execution. How do you test your ideas before launch? https://t.co/Z67ALMEbEl #Entrepreneurship #StartupTips #BusinessGrowth #Innovation #Leadership

Busy work: work done for its own sake with no consideration for: 1. does it need doing at all? 2. is there something better you should be doing instead? 3. is there a better way to do it?