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May 2025: Finding apostles…Implementing Strategic Change
Guiding teams in new product launches and developing new strategic initiatives is a big part of what SAIBA does but as tough as it may be to get the strategy right, by far the more difficult is job is getting the strategy implemented. Business leaders everywhere know the frustration; on the one hand...
Apr 2025: Pedaling hard
Peloton was founded by John Foley who had a vision of bringing high energy boutique fitness classes into people's homes. The strategy was rock solid with a laser focused customer segmentation. That is until Covid came along and Peloton got greedy and abandoned their strategy. Today some of you may actually still use one but most sit idle and function primarily as an expensive clothes rack.
Mar 2025: Time to make a change – Kodak vs Fuji
When Cat Stevens sang “It’s not time to make a change” he could have been singing about Kodak two decades later. In the late 1990s Fuji and Kodak dominated the photographic film business controlling over 80% of the global market. Few could have predicted that within a decade, one would go from printing money to filing for bankruptcy, unable to make a change, while the other would transform into a thriving, diversified corporation.
Feb 2025: Holding out for a Hero
Moral compass decisions are tough as they affect your career, your family, your finances and, importantly, your reputation. Business people aren’t pressured to take PED’s but the pressure to perform can be as intense and situations arise where business people are asked to “bury” their moral comp...
Jan 2025: Finding that Lovin Feeling
When launching a new product, overcoming skepticism, both internally and externally, is mission critical. The key to success is ensuring that your product empowers people to achieve their goals. However, as important as this is, many make the mistake of believing the only goals that customers have a...
Dec 2024: It's a Vision Thing
As organizations grow, their complexity increases and the internal competition for scarce resources intensifies. Without a clear vision and strategy confusion ensues, eventually leading to a complete loss of team motivation. While many see the development of a vision and the accompanying strategy as...
Nov 2024: Big Goals, No Strategy
In the 1990’s Finnish based Nokia surpassed Motorola in mobile phone sales, gaining control of approximately 40% of the world mobile phone market. Nokia’s hand sized mobile phones hit a sweet spot in the market and became so ubiquitous that people didn’t ask what kind of phone you had but rather which model of Nokia you owned. Nokia believed they could do no wrong.
Oct 2024: The Power of Strategic Focus: How Making Tough Choices Saved Bombardier
Strategy, boils down to one essential truth: making choices about where to play and where not to play. Simple, right? Yet "simple" is tough to execute! For example, it might seem easier to take a "please everyone" approach to strategy, yet rarely does this translate into success. In reality, pl...
Sep 2024: Purpose before Strategy
The French call it the “raison d’être”; others call it your “purpose” or your “why”. Herbert Joly, the CEO of Best Buy, penned an article in HBR describing how he needed to find the company’s “Why” before he could turn around the then failing business.
Aug 2024: Porsche’s Passport Revolution
In 2017 Porsche America launched the Porsche Passport Program. Available only in the USA and Canada and by invitation only, selected individuals could participate for a one-time payment of $3500 and $595/mo. Passport members have access to seven different Porsche brands (19 models in total) to driv...
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