by Art Petty | Dec 29, 2025 | Strategy
One of the hit topics, according to the students in my recent capstone on strategy, was a comment from a guest speaker suggesting strategy isn’t reserved for those at the top of the organization chart. As mid-level managers and contributors, you can think...
by Art Petty | Sep 21, 2021 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy
Strategy Work is Mostly Messy in Our Organizations Imagine you have the opportunity to serve as the proverbial fly-on-the-wall for various organizations across different sectors to observe the process of strategy creation. When asked to share what you observed,...
by Art Petty | Jul 22, 2017 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Strategy
From long experiencing working both sides of the strategy table (as an executive and now as a consultant), I know that no one size or no one framework works for all situations. Adding to the complexity of navigating strategy, there are a large number of strategy...
by Art Petty | Aug 21, 2016 | High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Strategy
Strategy never happens in a straight line. It’s a journey filled with zigs and zags and fateful decisions. If it’s easy or fast, or is magically generated from a template, it’s probably not strategy. Leaders who take this work seriously understand the existential...
