Leadership Inspirations – Dangers of Asking the Wrong Question

“The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.”

Peter Drucker
‘Father of Modern Management’ and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2002

StrategyDriven Podcast Series

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 21 – Identify the Hidden Drivers, part 2 of 3

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve better results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag posts on the StrategyDriven website.

Episode 21 – Identify the Hidden Drivers, part 2 of 3 elaborates on Strategic Analysis Best Practice 3 – Identify the Hidden Drivers and Strategic Analysis Best Practice 3 – Identify the Hidden Drivers (Continued). This discussion explores examples of undocumented hidden drivers and their frequent relationship to an organization’s culture and history as well as the personal ambitions of its employees.

StrategyDriven Portfolio Management Best Practice Article

Portfolio Management Best Practice 1 – Indentify Interrelationships

StrategyDriven Portfolio Management Best PracticeThe interaction between projects, programs, and processes within a portfolio can be many and varied; contributing significantly to the challenge of effective portfolio management. Faulted transitioning of resources and/or outputs from one portfolio component to another can greatly delay the progress of these and other components; diminishing the overall portfolio value potential.


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Leadership Inspirations – Evaluating the Uncertain

“True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.”

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the first Honorary Citizen of the United States

StrategyDriven Podcast Series

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 20 – Identify the Hidden Drivers, part 1 of 3

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve better results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag posts on the StrategyDriven website.

Episode 20 – Identify the Hidden Drivers, part 1 of 3 elaborates on Strategic Analysis Best Practice 3 – Identify the Hidden Drivers and Strategic Analysis Best Practice 3 – Identify the Hidden Drivers (Continued). This discussion:

  • identifies what hidden performance drivers are
  • examines the often unintended impact of hidden drivers on an organization
  • explores examples of documented hidden drivers