Business Performance Assessment Program Best Practice 6 – Three Whys Deep

Executives, managers, and individual contributors familiar with the day-to-day workings of their organizations undoubtedly know or have contrived the reason for ‘why things are the way they are.’ Beyond this understanding, sometimes at an unconscious level, these individuals will perceive one or more drivers to these organization shaping whys. What remains unseen and unthought-of are the tertiary and lower level drivers to why the business performs as it does. It is here that truly useful insight can be gained; insight enabling the foundational changes needed to alter the organization’s direction and propel it to the next level.

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Additional Resources

Several other StrategyDriven best practices work in concert with Three Whys Deep to ensure assessment teams reach insightful, value adding, and robustly supported conclusions including:

• Strategic Analysis Best Practice 3 – Identify the Hidden Drivers
• Strategic Analysis Best Practice 3 – Identify the Hidden Drivers (Continued)
• Strategic Analysis Best Practice 4 – Use of Independent Assessors
• Strategic Analysis Best Practice 6 – Multidiscipline Teams
• Decision-Making Best Practice 4 – Identify the Target

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