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Structure Before Strategy, Always

'Structure before Strategy, Always' by Richard Shrapnel

There exists a well-entrenched business principle that you first devise your strategy, and then create the structure to deliver it. It’s wrong. Structure Always Follows Strategy I was participating in an advisory board meeting last year for an Australian group that is…

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They Will Never Catch Me

'They Will Never Catch Me - Business Strategy' by Richard Shrapnel

In today’s competitive market, you do not want to be a follower always playing catch up and looking to your competitors for signals of what to do next. But also, you do not want to be so far ahead of…

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Opportunity – Is It Lost In The Noise?

'Opportunity - Lost in the Noise' by Richard Shrapnel

It’s easy to say ‘innovate’, ‘disrupt’, ‘find your blue ocean’, but where do you actually start and where do you look for opportunities?   I Can’t Hear Anything, It’s Too Noisy No one ever said being in business was going…

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‘Faith Is Spelt R-i-s-k’

'faith is spelt r-i-s-k' by Richard Shrapnel

‘Faith is spelt r-i-s-k’ is an expression you may have heard before, but probably not in the context of business. So, you ask, what has faith got to do with business? Leaders require faith in their businesses, most importantly in…

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Innovate or Disrupt, Which Is Better?

Disrupt or Innovate by Richard Shrapnel

In leading your business forward should you be focusing on disruption, innovation, creating your own ‘blue ocean’ or does the answer lie in new business models? There is a lot of language and noise in the marketplace directing leaders as to…

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