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Overcoming challenges in digital transformation strategies: lessons from retail 💡 Digital transformation isn't just a buzzword; it's a journey fraught with real obstacles like cultural resistance, legacy systems, and the critical need for alignment between business and tech. In the latest Outcome Economy Podcast episode, 🎤 Bruno Bonando from REWE digital shares his insights gained from transforming non-digital companies into agile, outcome-driven organizations. 👇 From breaking down silos and embracing a product-based mindset to making change tangible with frameworks like OKRs, Bruno and Workpath CEO Johannes unpack what it truly takes to make digital transformation succeed in complex environments like retail. His emphasis on ROI-driven decisions, storytelling for alignment, and building a culture of experimentation is a must-hear for anyone leading change in established sectors. 🎧 Ready to learn how to turn digital ambitions into real business value? Listen now: https://hubs.la/Q02X5fJB0

🎃 Happy Halloween, everyone! 🎃 As we wrap up October, it's time to look back on another 31 days packed with incredible insights and inspiring ideas on LinkedIn. Here are our 5 favorite posts this month on all things strategy and transformation – and a shout-out to the brilliant minds behind them! 👏 1️⃣ The business-marathon mindset Peter Holdmann, ZF Group Member of the Board of Management, draws parallels between running a marathon and running a business, highlighting resilience and pacing as keys to success 🏃♂️📈: https://lnkd.in/dbNRrGCq 2️⃣ Creativity’s role in strategy Matthias Mueller, Partner at Deloitte, explores the power of “corkscrew thinkers”—creative minds crucial to successful strategy 🎨💡: https://lnkd.in/d7c4QhST 3️⃣ Transformation vs. change Patrick Marous, Member of the Executive Committee and CEO Business Unit Solutions at thyssenkrupp Materials Services, explains why transformation goes beyond simple change, driving deep organizational evolution 🔄💥: https://lnkd.in/d_2y2F3p 4️⃣ Avoiding strategy pitfalls Thomas Narbeshuber, Vice President, Head of Central & South East Europe at BASF, discusses common pitfalls that derail strategies, from misalignment to communication gaps, and how to avoid them ⛔🚀: https://lnkd.in/dRJd_SKn 5️⃣ How culture shapes strategy Pete Bernhardt, Associate Director of Strategy & Business Design at Deloitte, reflects on the symbiotic relationship between culture and strategy, creating purpose-driven teams 🤝🌱: https://lnkd.in/d3AdiDea 💬 Tell us—who are your favorite content creators on LinkedIn? Who else should we be following? Let us know in the comments!

🔍 Are your business reviews driving real strategic progress, or just eating up valuable time? Annual, Quarterly, and Monthly Business Reviews (MBR/QBR/ABR) should be powerful tools for adaptability, speed, and efficiency. Yet, many leaders struggle with disorganized data, a lack of outcome focus, and unclear accountability. The result? Instead of driving decisions, business reviews often become a time-consuming chore. On October 30th at 2pm, join Workpath founders Pascal Fritzen and Johannes Mueller for a LinkedIn Live session where they’ll dive into how you can leverage these regular reviews to stay ahead, course-correct quickly, and make better strategic decisions. If you're ready to turn business reviews into an engine for success, this is a session you won’t want to miss. Save your spot now and transform your approach to business reviews from a formality to a powerful strategy execution tool ⬇️

💬 "We spend days and weeks preparing for QBRs, coordinating with multiple teams, only to end up with inconsistent formats, endless Excel sheets, and fragmented PPTs. It’s a time drain for everyone involved." Sound familiar? If you’re nodding, you’re definitely not alone. Nearly every organization runs Business Reviews — QBRs, ABRs, MBRs — but almost everyone dreads them. Despite their critical role in strategy execution, they often become exercises in frustration. In our experience, many organizations face the same issues with their reviews: ❌ Time-consuming preparation that pulls focus away from strategy ❌ Lack of outcome orientation that buries the big picture in details ❌ Insufficient data and insights that make decisions harder ❌ Limited accountability and follow-up that hinders progress Today at 2 PM, we’ll be sharing real-life stories from organizations that have faced exactly these challenges. Discover how you can turn your Business Reviews from a chore into a strategic advantage, saving time, increasing alignment, and driving impact. 👉 Join us at 2 PM for insights and actionable solutions you can apply to your own QBRs and ABRs. Tune in and start transforming your Business Reviews today: https://hubs.la/Q02WgBtf0

In a world where change is the only constant, how do you ensure your organization stays on track and adapts quickly? The answer lies in how well you review and adjust your strategy. This is where Business Reviews become a strategic differentiator. 🔍 However, for most organizations Business Reviews are a time-consuming, manual and inconsistent process with low accountability and missing alignment across teams. The key shifts that need to happen to make Business Reviews a success are: >> From rigid budgets to adaptive planning >> From lengthy and confusing reporting to focused, measurable outcomes >> From manual data aggregation to automated dashboards >> From extended and delayed project funding to consistent governance and portfolio monitoring >> From qualitative discussions to data-driven and outcome-focused analysis But how do you get there? 👉 In our webinar tomorrow at 2pm we’ll dive deeper into how exactly you can leverage Business Reviews better to increase adaptability, speed, and efficiency. Secure one of the last spots now: https://hubs.la/Q02W6fhp0

How effective are your Business Reviews? 📊 https://hubs.la/Q02W0gNk0 Join Pascal and myself for our live session at 2pm on Wednesday, to get insights from 50+ organizations and best practices how you can get your own MBRs, QBRs and ABRs to the next level.

Do you want to improve your strategy work? Here are 7 articles you should read (in no specific order): The Best Strategies Don’t Just Take a Long View. They Take a Broad View. 🔗 https://hubs.la/Q02VFqN10 All Business Strategies Fall into 4 Categories 🔗 https://hubs.la/Q02VFsx10 Seeing your way to better strategy 🔗 https://hubs.la/Q02VFybx0 12 Essential Strategy Insights 🔗 https://hubs.la/Q02VFycs0 Turning Strategy Into Results 🔗 https://hubs.la/Q02VFydn0 Strategy Under Uncertainty 🔗 https://hubs.la/Q02VFxHN0 Transient Advantage 🔗 https://hubs.la/Q02VFyfj0 💭 Do you have another article to add? — 🔄 Share this with your network if you think it’s useful!

Controversial opinion: It doesn’t matter if you use OKR, 4DX, BSC, Hoshin Kanri or any other framework. Here’s why. ⬇️ Having worked with hundreds of large organizations on strategy execution, I've learned that success is 20% about the framework and 80% about implementation. Each framework has its strengths and quirks. But they're all just tools. 💎 The magic isn't in the framework. It's in how you adapt it to your organization's unique needs and culture. The best framework is the one your team will actually use and stick with. Many leaders waste time searching for the “best” framework when they should focus on execution—on creating a common language, ensuring buy-in at all levels, and consistently reviewing and adjusting. Remember, the success of a company is 20% strategy and 80% execution! Execution matters, not the framework. What's your experience? #okr #strategyexecution

⏰ Less than 90 minutes left until we kick off our final OKR Knowledge Session of the season! ⏰ Join us for a lunch & learn where Philine Schrader from Ströer SE & Co. KGaA, Rafaela Evans from SKIDATA, and Chiara Ehwald from Lufthansa Cargo will share real-life insights on overcoming the most common challenges in OKR transformations. 🚀 You’ll walk away with strategies that have worked for their teams—tips you can apply immediately in your own organization! Workpath Head of Customer Success, Alexander Alber, will lead the discussion and address all your burning questions that might come up during the session. Don’t miss this chance to level up your OKR game with direct advice from industry leaders. 👉 Secure one of the last spots here: https://hubs.la/Q02NzFfY0 PS: In this snippet you can listen to Sascha Gaidies from one of our past customer session where he shares how to integrate OKRs and KPIs. Tune in to hear more about this topic today!

Since its foundation, our mission at Workpath hasn’t changed: 🎯 We enable organizations to define and achieve their most important goals. This year, however, we’ve made the biggest leap in our history — from providing an OKR-oriented goal-setting and collaboration software for enterprises to providing a comprehensive platform (including professional services) for strategy execution and business steering. A more outcome-centered, team-oriented and measurable approach to strategy execution remains the greatest challenge for today’s enterprises. But this is not enough. That’s why we have evolved and continue to expand as a comprehensive strategy execution platform, incorporating resource input (team capacity), work output (projects), outcomes (value created) and business impact (mostly financial KPIs) in one place. Building on this holistic approach, our customers can choose different angles to improve their strategy execution. Here are some success cases we recently launched in different industries ⏬: >> Insurance: Driving more efficient strategy work to reduce budget waste (by up to 15%) between the value stream teams of a newly formed product organization. >> Energy: Enhancing customer centricity and alignment on go-to-market strategy, using AI to match teams and priorities (for 2x faster time to market). >> Automotive: Scaling metrics-focused performance dialogues in a phase of increased economic pressure and organizational changes (decreasing avg. time needed for course corrects from 4 months to 4 weeks). What’s your Q4 focus to improve strategy execution?