Lack of alignment is the biggest issue facing effective strategy execution but you can dramatically increase your odds of success with ThinkPoints. Here are the reasons: Strategies are developed collaboratively in a team environment so team members provide input. They have skin in the game. Tactics and follow-up tasks have owners, deliverables and deadlines. There’s […]
With unemployment so low and the challenge of finding the skilled labor you need so high, it’s time to address this issue with a strategy built on keen insight and your team’s industry knowledge. It’s time to contact ThinkWay about ThinkPoints – Focused. Aligned. Accomplished. For more information or to speak to someone to help […]
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT… Launch Time! We are pleased to announce the launch of ThinkPoints®, the exclusive web app for developing and tracking your strategy until it’s accomplished. The ThinkPoints® web app is based on our leading collaborative strategy development methodology and enables businesses and non-profits of any size or type to focus their […]
You can read about the 8 Benefits of ThinkWay’s leading collaborative strategy development methodology here. Now, on top of those benefits, here are the 8 benefits of the exclusive ThinkPoints® web app for focusing, aligning, and tracking execution in your organization. Captures and preserves all input from ThinkWay’s leading collaborative strategy development methodology Identifies execution […]
(This article first appeared in 2014 as the Editor’s Choice by Process Excellence Network. You can read the full article on their website here.) Is It Time to Transform Business Transformation? Circuit City. Blockbuster Video. Borders bookstores. These companies are hardly the hallmark of successful business transformation despite the millions of dollars and brilliant […]
Proven methodology for strategy development Integrates into the daily life of the organization Can be as simple or as sophisticated as the user desires Easy to use Facilitates rapid strategy development Provides clarity and accountability Can be used for a broad array of types of strategy Significantly improves probability of success in achieving objectives
Our research shows that although many organizations (nearly half) experience negative emotions around the topic of strategy, 95% of organizations of all types and sizes (For-Profit and Non-Profit) feel they probably or definitely need a strategy.
Leaders, especially non-profit leaders, should take note of preliminary results of ThinkWay’s quantitative strategy research. While 87% of for-profit businesses have a strategy, nearly a third experience negative emotions when they think about it. Nearly two thirds review their strategy monthly or more frequently. Data also indicates a statistically significant difference between for-profit businesses and […]
Today, ThinkWay fielded a strategy research survey. We are hoping to uncover the current understanding and practice of strategy across many businesses, industries, nonprofits, educational institutions, and churches. If you could, we would appreciate your participation in this survey too. Please click on the link below. [Strategy Research Survey] The survey is for businesses of […]
The Iceberg of Ignorance was published way back in 1989 by Sidney Yoshida. It contended that front line workers know 100% of the problems, supervisors 74%, middle managers 9%, and executives a measly 4%. Thus, it was popularized that executives were only aware of the “tip of the iceberg” when it came to problems in […]
