Incentives: the silent architect of strategy sabotage
If you want to align incentives with strategy, start here: strategy rarely fails in the slide deck. It fails in the reward system.
Decision latency: the hidden tax on strategy execution
Most strategies don't die because they're flawed. They die because decisions arrive too late or never get revisited when the premises collapse. I've lived that silence. I know what it costs. Decision latency doesn't look like dysfunction. It looks like prudence. Until the market decides for you.
Your plan is lying to you (and you already know it)
Your annual strategy deck says you're aligned. Your quarterly reviews say you're making progress. Your team nods in meetings. So why does every real decision still end up on your desk? Because what you're calling strategy is actually a well-formatted lie that everyone has agreed not to question.
