September 15, 2009 · 7:13 am

Culture vs Strategy

I just read a LinkedIn discussion entitled “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” by John Bishop. He cites a Debbie Holton of the Wall Street Journal who cites the quote as emanating from the new Ford makeover war room.

For years I’ve known that culture trumps strategy. For nearly as long, I’ve been trying to marry culture and strategy.

The solution just hit me — make culture a core value. Blast! Now I have to rework my value statements model!

Cheers

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2 responses to “Culture vs Strategy”

  1. Claudia
    October 28, 2010 at 2:04 pm

    Culture should be a core value. It seems so simple, yet so disconnected with reality.

    Would love to hear more.

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  2. Michael Bender
    November 1, 2010 at 10:16 am

    Ahhh, now you got it. In 2000, the US was the richest country on Earth. In 2010, it’s number 9. You’re not wrong, just in a very small minority.

    Cheers,

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