Building Margin

94: Ready to Revisit Your Strategy? Start Here.

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Jan 8, 2025
Get ready to transform your business in 2025 by revisiting your strategy! Discover the hidden power of defining your strategic problems and how to break free from frustrating cycles. Learn from real-world examples of industry titans like Verizon and Amazon as you uncover the formula for identifying and overcoming your greatest constraints. This blueprint is crucial for scaling effectively—without amplifying existing issues!
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ADVICE

Start With A Clear Strategic Problem

  • Define a clear strategic problem before you design initiatives for the year.
  • Revisit that problem with your team to ensure it still matters and will drive high-impact work.
INSIGHT

Apply The Scientific Method To Strategy

  • Treat strategy like the scientific method: define a problem, form a hypothesis, and run experiments.
  • This reveals the company constraint and prevents wasting effort on unfocused initiatives.
INSIGHT

Companies Stall At Their Constraint

  • Companies grow up to a single constraint and then stay stuck until it's solved.
  • Scaling before solving that constraint just scales your problems, not value.
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