In this post we look at why it is critical to be in the learning mode when attempting to improve alignment in organisations It isn’t easy to get all the parts of an organisation to work smoothly together. There are just too many them and even if we could keep track of all them, they […]
There is no universal definition of strategic alignment. In this post we look at why that is the case In the last post we explored the concept of strategic alignment, noting that it is complicated and complex, and involves human experience and intent. The way in which we perceive strategic alignment is influenced by four […]
To help understand why it is so difficult to sustainably improve alignment, this post takes the concept apart within the organisational context We have an intuitive sense that there is a relationship between the success of an organisation and the degree to which it is aligned, both internally and with its environment. We also have […]
Thus far in this series we have explored three of Stephen Pepper’s World Hypotheses. The formist approach helps us simplify the world through classification; the mechanist approach uses the machine as the metaphor to help us understand cause and effect and the organicist approach uses the living organism as the metaphor to help us understand […]