by JW | Aug 10, 2026 | Articles
Most leaders believe two heads are better than one—until they have to pay for the second head. When budgets tighten, organizations instinctively eliminate what appears to be redundant. Duplicate reports are consolidated. Parallel efforts are combined. Independent...
by JW | Jul 20, 2026 | Articles
In my Executive Brief introducing Enterprise Cognition, I argued that organizations don’t compete simply by making better decisions. They compete by improving the perceptions that shape those decisions. That’s an interesting idea, but it naturally raises...
by JW | Jun 8, 2026 | Articles
In 1847, Ignaz Semmelweis noticed something disturbing. Women giving birth in one maternity clinic at Vienna General Hospital were dying from childbed fever at dramatically higher rates than women in another. Between 1841 and 1846, nearly 2,000 mothers died in the...
by JW | May 25, 2026 | Articles
In last week’s Executive Brief, I introduced the idea of periodically reevaluating and releasing commitments that no longer align with reality, a concept I call Strategic Subtraction. The natural follow-up question is, “Where should I start?” My...
by JW | Jul 15, 2023 | Articles
Strategy’s most important component—by far—is the organization’s vision. To be clear, strategy should not be confused with anything happening before the next three years; or how any short- or long-term goals are to be accomplished. Strategy is about what your company...
