The idea of open strategy is as old as the idea of strategy itself.
Open Strategy is about actively involving people in the full strategy cycle of formulation and execution.
More than an altruistic act of democratizing, openness is increasingly a necessity to navigate complexity and turbulence.
The true contribution is to keep more eyes “on the ball” after deliberation to ultimately avoid disasters and better be able to absorb and prosper from surprises.
From an act of deliberation, strategy is turning into more of a dance and a conversation for reconciliation of position and re-deliberation of approach and pursuit.
Three collaborations keep you “on” strategy and help in absorbing surprises by proceeding at a speed where you can afford to lose.
The collaborations are formed by reconfiguring existing practices in your organization.
Even the largest of organizations can get moving in days and weeks. Not months and years. It is about reconfiguring, not reorganizing.
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