Book Review: “Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds Of Strategic Management”

There are books and there are Books. In strategic management (and management overall), Strategy Safari is one of those Books that you read once in a lifetime, and everything that you knew, thought you knew, and wish you had known falls into place. Then you give a sigh of relief... Only to realize that there… Continue reading Book Review: “Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds Of Strategic Management”

“Strategy Safari” Deep Dive: Finding Your Next Strategic Configuration

As we conclude our journey into Strategy Safari, the school of strategic thought that encompasses all of those we already saw - the configuration school of strategic management - greets us in all its glory and... simplicity. In this article, we will explore this simplicity further. How it embraces and makes sense of the competing… Continue reading “Strategy Safari” Deep Dive: Finding Your Next Strategic Configuration

“Strategy Safari” Deep Dive: How Much Power Do You (Yes – YOU!) Have Over Strategy?

Forget about the CEO and his planners sitting out there in the ivory tower (unless, of course, you are a CEO, in which case please leave your ivory tower, it's not the 1960s anymore!). This article explores the subject of power. Power of individuals, groups, and outside forces. How much power do you have? How much power does anyone have? Let's try to find out.