Comments on: Why Isn’t Strategy a Bad Word in Down Times? http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_sinur/2009/07/01/why-isnt-strategy-a-bad-word-in-down-times/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:06:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Guy W Wallace http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_sinur/2009/07/01/why-isnt-strategy-a-bad-word-in-down-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1664 Guy W Wallace Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:05:45 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_sinur/2009/07/01/why-isnt-strategy-a-bad-word-in-down-times/#comment-1664 If your reference to The Hobson Group was about Brian and Kelly - then you'll perhaps want to look at the source for their methods and tools: Guy W. Wallace of EPPIC Inc. and his books (especially lean-ISD - endorsed by the late Geary A. Rummler who also designed the book cover) and articles/columns: such as the BPTrends quarterly columns on Enterprise Process Performance Improvement. They were my employees of mine and I developed and ceritifed both of them in my ISD and HPT methods back in the 1990s. If your reference to The Hobson Group was about Brian and Kelly – then you’ll perhaps want to look at the source for their methods and tools: Guy W. Wallace of EPPIC Inc. and his books (especially lean-ISD – endorsed by the late Geary A. Rummler who also designed the book cover) and articles/columns: such as the BPTrends quarterly columns on Enterprise Process Performance Improvement. They were my employees of mine and I developed and ceritifed both of them in my ISD and HPT methods back in the 1990s.

]]> By: Ian Gotts http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_sinur/2009/07/01/why-isnt-strategy-a-bad-word-in-down-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1649 Ian Gotts Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:43:40 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_sinur/2009/07/01/why-isnt-strategy-a-bad-word-in-down-times/#comment-1649 A short sharp recession would have allowed a little blood lettign pain (cost cuttin, redundancy), but the current recession may be W-shaped, bath-shaped or even longer. Quick fixes won't work. There are some fundamental corrections in many industries which are likely to be permenant. For examples, the auto industry had massive over-demand exacerbated by cars lasting longer. This was an accident waiting to happen. This is forcing companies to think longer term and revisit their business models, which has got to be healthy. And cirtically it is being driven form the top which means strategic thinking driving down into process change. A short sharp recession would have allowed a little blood lettign pain (cost cuttin, redundancy), but the current recession may be W-shaped, bath-shaped or even longer. Quick fixes won’t work.

There are some fundamental corrections in many industries which are likely to be permenant. For examples, the auto industry had massive over-demand exacerbated by cars lasting longer. This was an accident waiting to happen.

This is forcing companies to think longer term and revisit their business models, which has got to be healthy. And cirtically it is being driven form the top which means strategic thinking driving down into process change.

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