by David Matheson | Oct 1, 2020 | Strategy
Alliance Voices: Great Decisions Every Time How do you drive a great decision every time to actually drive organizational change? Presenting analysis alone only speaks to people’s heads and does not drive lasting change. I found this out from a painful wire...
by David Matheson | Jun 27, 2020 | Strategy, ValuePoint™
The Future is Uncertain The game has changed. Among the many things disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic is your organization’s long-range plan. Those carefully negotiated assumptions that informed your projections of growth and guided your innovation and R&D...
by David Matheson | Mar 5, 2019 | Strategy, ValuePoint™
At first blush, you’d think that Decision Analysts have a lot to contribute to innovation. Innovators face tremendous uncertainty; Decision Analysts are experts at making decisions under uncertain circumstances. However, Decision Analysts and Innovators look at the...
by David Matheson | Dec 6, 2017 | Strategy, ValuePoint™
Innovation Keeps Companies Alive and Well Innovation is an adventure, a journey into the uncertain future. For some of us, that’s an exciting prospect that energizes us to take on each new challenge. For others of us, it’s a terrifying ride with blind corners and...
by David Matheson | Apr 12, 2017 | Strategy, ValuePoint™
A Silicon Valley company recently asked SmartOrg to help with their growth challenge. They knew that to really grow, they needed to identify technology inflection points that defined the next big waves that they could ride. But as their company grew and their industry...
by David Matheson | Nov 9, 2016 | Strategy, ValuePoint™
SmartOrg periodically conducts exercises at conferences, seminars and continuing education classes to find out what executives think are the most important aspects of strategic portfolio management and how it should be applied in their organizations. We call these...
