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Howwe Technologies’ CEO Poll – Results, Unique Insights & Analysis
More than 2000 CEOs of medium-sized to large companies in Sweden were invited to participate in Howwe Technologies' CEO Poll, looking at how company leaders execute strategy. The survey provides unique insights into the challenges they experience, how often strategic...
Q&A from CEO Forum: “Pick your path – the role of the modern leader”
Patrik Parnfors, Vice President at Howwe Technologies and moderator of the forum, together with the panelists Kajsa Hedberg, CEO of St1 Biogas, Jonas Hernborg, CEO of Elitfönster, and Klas Tockling, Vice President of Caverion Sweden, answering your questions. The...
The CEO’s Must-Have Tool to Achieve Business Goals
Think about this scenario: The project pipeline is constantly growing. The clock is ticking. You need the projects to succeed, but the scope just seems to be growing bigger and bigger. The deadlines are approaching quickly. You’ve been there, right?I once heard a...
Interview Novo Nordisk – why they started with strategy acceleration and their results
Novo Nordisk is a global pharmaceutical company with more than 95 years of innovation and leadership within diabetes treatment. We have interviewed Niels Abel Bonde, Managing Director at Novo Nordisk, to get his perspective on strategy acceleration.Why did you...
Acceleration Software and the History of Strategy Execution Software – #3 The Proactive era
This is the third and last blog post in a series by Johan Grönstedt, Chief Strategy Officer at Howwe Technologies. He covers all you need to know about Strategy Execution trends and platforms. #3 The Proactive EraThis blog series had its starting point in the...
Acceleration Software and the History of Strategy Execution Software – #2 The Real-time Era
In this blog series Johan Grönstedt, Chief Strategy Officer at Howwe Technologies, covers all you need to know about Strategy Execution trends and platforms. In a series of three blog posts, we'll dig into the history of strategy execution, trends, and platforms....
Acceleration Software and the History of Strategy Execution Software – #1 The Reactive Era
Johan Grönstedt, Chief Strategy Officer, covers all you need to know about Strategy Execution trends and platforms, starting with the emergence of the digital era, also knows as the Reactive era. In a series of three blog posts, we'll dig into the history of strategy...
How ICA became Business Agile – interview with CSO Liv Forhaug
ICA, a large grocery company, is facing many exciting opportunities and challenges. To be able to adapt to rapid changes in the market and create flexibility, ICA has introduced agile working methods in several parts of the company. This interview will cover their...
Future-spotting: Business Agile
Ulf Arnetz, the author of the book Strategy Acceleration, is passionate about trends affecting business strategy execution. In this post, we'll explore business agility. What does the future look like? Which of the trends of today will have taken hold in the...
How to make money on strategy execution
Strategy acceleration is all about the company’s future survival and the ability to choose the right way towards success. This blog post is about money. We will demonstrate how capitalization—i.e. the ability to make money on the strategy execution—is faster with...
How to become relentless – what you need to do to be able to keep going
To succeed means “to keep going” with the strategy acceleration, to not give up when there are setbacks, and to find energy and motivation to keep improving. If you've read this far in our blog series you have the knowledge and tools to truly accelerate your...
The dashboard visualizes progress – and create engagement
We described in an earlier post what an acceleration meeting is, how it should be conducted and what the benefits are. In the acceleration meetings, everyone records the weekly outcome (preferably in Howwe) and the team can immediately see their own progress. The...
Accelerate activities and execute your plan
How do you create conditions and ensure that the planned activities are executed according to plan? Read on to find out! It is important to get started as quickly as possible with the activities that have been defined as most important. Execution starts as soon as...
What about the other things we are supposed to accomplish?
We are often asked about the need to prioritize the two most important initiatives and goals — what about all the other things we are supposed to be doing? “We have a lot of other goals to achieve. If we don’t we will not succeed”. There is a feeling that we have to...
Anchoring – communicating the why
In strategy acceleration, we talk about anchoring instead of communication. Anchoring means ensuring that the people that will execute the strategy really understand why—and above all, understand their own role and contribution to this work. It is important that the...
Here’s your plan for acceleration
After reading the previous post, you know that you first need insight, followed by a decision. The next step in the process is to create a plan to accomplish the work — the acceleration plan. We will outline how to create one and what it should contain. We will also...
It’s time for some insights and decisions regarding strategy acceleration. Are you ready?
Let us talk about insight. That is where strategy acceleration starts; with the insight that there is a need for a new strategy. It is not always a new strategy that is needed. It can also be the existing strategy that needs to be accelerated or that parts of it are...
The Importance of Communication and Follow-up
Communication and follow-up are both essential parts of strategy execution. Yet, it's something that is often forgotten or down-prioritized.Too many companies fail with their strategy execution. We have shared a number of factors that we see are contributing reasons...
How operational and behavioral drivers affect strategy execution – and why it matters to you!
This blog series is based on the book "Strategy Acceleration" written by Ulf Arnetz and Catrin Brodin. The book was developed for everyone that wants to learn how to execute and to realize company strategy. In this blog series, you'll get access to the key take-aways...
Focus on everything? Achieve nothing
You're reading a blog series based on the book "Strategy Acceleration" written by Ulf Arnetz and Catrin Brodin. The book was developed for everyone that wants to learn how to execute and realize company strategy. Is that you? Then you should continue reading. We know...