AA185 - What Companies Do Instead of Strategy

Arguing Agile

Are you struggling with strategic planning in your organization?
In this episode, Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando walk through the common mistakes companies make developing and executing strategies.
Listen as we discuss:

• The goal mirage of confusing aspirations for action
• Overemphasis on planning and forecasting
• The pitfalls of being a "feature factory"
• Neglecting the external business environment
• Mistaking operational efficiency for strategy

Learn how to identify these issues in your own organization and discover practical solutions to improve your strategic planning process.
strategic planning, business strategy, feature factory, operational efficiency, market analysis, product management, agile development, leadership, decision-making, innovation
#BusinessStrategy #ProductManagement #AgileLeadership #StrategicPlanning #Innovation
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Chapters

1. Podcast Intro (00:00:00)

2. Intro: The Strategy Facade (00:00:11)

3. Identifying Strategy Failures (00:00:27)

4. The Goal Mirage: Aspirations vs. Actions (00:01:09)

5. Brian's Logistics Example (00:03:17)

6. Going Horizontal (00:05:57)

7. Growth for the Sake of Growth (00:07:58)

8. 5 Whys of Growth (00:10:03)

9. Confusing Vision for Strategy (00:12:01)

10. Good Strategy, Bad Strategy (00:13:58)

11. Ineffective Strategic Planning (00:16:42)

12. Pulling in Different Directions (00:18:21)

13. Strategy Budgeting (00:20:10)

14. Overemphasis on Planning and Forecasting (00:22:25)

15. The Blame Game in Software Development (00:26:00)

16. Prevalence of "Bad" Feature Factories (00:28:00)

17. Ineffective Strategic Planning (00:29:09)

18. Misguided Focus: Weaponizing Data (00:29:21)

19. Brian's Social Media Gripes (00:30:58)

20. Ignoring the External Environment (00:33:29)

21. Layoffs and the Market (00:35:21)

22. Feature Parity as a Strategy (00:36:17)

23. Operational Efficiency - a Flawed Strategy (00:40:04)

24. Inevitibility of Falling Behind (00:43:41)

25. Companion Podcast, #179 (00:45:23)

26. Wrap-Up (00:46:37)