by Adriana McLane | May 8, 2025 | Making Strategy Meaningful, Planning Tools, Strategy Execution
In a business landscape filled with disruption and uncertainty, leaders often chase complete reinvention when faced with challenges like new tariffs or market shifts. Yet, the most impactful strategy may not be radical transformation, but rather aligning your...
by Adriana McLane | Apr 29, 2025 | Making Strategy Meaningful, Planning Tools, Strategy Execution
In the fast-paced world of business leadership, we're often so focused on what's next that we rarely pause to acknowledge how far we've come. Yet as counterintuitive as it might seem, taking time to reflect isn't just a luxury—it's a crucial strategic advantage that...
by Adriana McLane | Dec 24, 2021 | Making Strategy Meaningful, Strategy Execution, View From the Top
When a leader as accomplished as Craig Funkhouser agrees to share some of his wisdom, we need to listen. So I did. I had the honor of interviewing Craig to learn more about the transformation he led at Shorr Packaging Corp (Shorr) during his tenure as CEO and how...
by Adriana McLane | Aug 1, 2021 | Making Strategy Meaningful
Idea In Brief: Perspective changes everything. Kill the Company is a bold approach to generate inventive growth opportunities, uncover blind spots, and fuel engagement in the strategic planning process. Learn how to use this perspective-changing tool to help your...
by Adriana McLane | Jul 7, 2021 | Making Strategy Meaningful
Idea In Brief: Innovation is critical to sustained success, and disruption can come when you least expect it. Challenging your strategic assumptions is a great way to take an outsider’s view to identify inventive opportunities and expose potential disruptive...
by Adriana McLane | May 10, 2021 | Focused Growth, Making Strategy Meaningful
Annual surveys and customer feedback are terrific ways to get the insights to inform you strategic planning and operating plans. An even better approach is to find ways to collect customer insights throughout your customer’s journey continuously. Having multiple...
