When creating strategy, speed kills.
Posted by Rick Knowlan on Jan 10, 2011
When making strategy, speed can kill in several ways. This will be the topic of my next three blog posts. First, I’ll explain how trying to plan too hastily kills the quality of a new strategy. In the second post, I’ll write about how speed kills your momentum and any potential advantages you could have gained when you can’t execute your strategy quickly enough. Finally, I’ll write about how speed kills your competitors’ advantages and builds yours when you have a great strategy and execute it quickly and effectively. In his landmark book “The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning”, Henry...
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