Innovation moves at the speed of strategic clarity. While strategy defines how you will create value, innovation defines what value needs to be created. The clearer your strategy, the easier it is to focus on the problems to be solved, the opportunities to pursue, the customers to serve, and the results that are required. Strategy…
A new CEO might be tempted to start from scratch and scrap a company’s strategy when they first come on board. But even if the strategy seems outdated at first glance, this does not mean you should abandon it completely. There is always opportunity to improve a strategy when deciding whether to start fresh or…
In this episode of Ask a Coach, Technology and Innovation Specialist Dr. Evans Baiya advises a new CEO on whether they should use the strategy protocols currently in place with the company or if they should create a new one from scratch. Ask a Coach is a web series powered by The Complete Leader. Have questions…
A good strategy is an innovative strategy. Without the flexibility provided by innovation, your strategy will grow stale and stagnant—and your organization will soon follow. In my most recent book, Optimizing Strategy for Results: A Structured Approach to Make Your Business Come Alive, my co-authors Ron Price, Professor Tim Waema, and I outline seven stages…
Part Two of a two-part interview with the Authors of Optimizing Strategy for Results: A Structured Approach to Make Your Business Come Alive. For authors Dr. Timothy Waema, Ron Price, and Dr. Evans Baiya, strategy is only one part of the work they do for clients across the globe. Together, they bring decades of knowledge…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · How Do Innovation and Strategy Work Together? Is your organizing growing, or becoming irrelevant? Dr. Evans Baiya argues that innovation and strategy must work together to create value for customers. Episode Transcript: Have you ever thought about how many companies die every year with beautifully made strategic plans?…
Part One of a two-part interview with the Authors of Optimizing Strategy for Results: A Structured Approach to Make Your Business Come Alive. We all did a little something different during our extended time at home during the early days of the pandemic. With Zoom as our new neighborhood hangout, we worked, exercised, and socialized….
Innovation doesn’t happen by accident. Find the structure, processes, and tools you need for your innovation strategy at The Innovator’s Advantage. Video Transcript: We always tell people and we remind people that innovation doesn’t happen by accident. As a matter of fact, you may have heard about these “accidental inventions,” but I can almost guarantee…
Which comes first, innovation or strategy? And how exactly should they work together? Dr. Evans Baiya explains. Video Transcript: Innovation. Strategy. What comes before what? Chicken/egg discussion that you always hear within an organization. We always say strategy is about the how. Innovation is the what. Strategy doesn’t—you don’t sell strategy. You sell innovation. But how you…
You cannot have an effective strategy without innovation and you cannot have useful innovation without creating the structure that comes with strategy. You need both! Video Transcript: Should your strategy include innovation? Yes, yes, and as many yeses as possible. Because, again, you are not developing or executing strategy without a goal. The goal is…
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