Get rid of horizontal alignment in strategy execution

While flipping through a vintage (2015-2016) Harvard Business Review (printed) magazine, I was struck by the article “Why Strategy Execution Unravels—and What to Do About It” by Donald Sull, Rebecca Homkes, and Charles Sull. It seems that the problems described 10 years ago are still around us, namely horizontal alignment (coordination) in strategy execution. The …

OEE Rescue: OEE is composite and does not tell much per se

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is probably the most widespread and well-known among KPIs in industry, which does not mean that everyone likes it. OEE rescue is a series of posts that aim to balance the love-hate comments about this KPI as well as debunking some myths and misconceptions. In this post: OEE is composite and …

Goal Tree chronicles – Clarity in objective setting

The action takes place in a big meeting room of a major leader in food industry’s plant. The top ranking managers (about 20 people) are assembled to listen to the CEO’s strategic plan, built on a Goal Tree. I attend as a guest, head of the consultants’ team and support to the CEO. It has …