James Carlopio

Development strategy by design - The future of strategy

James Carlopio — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:10:11 PDT

Extract:

Organizational strategy is typically conceived and developed as an extension of the past and present. We analyze the market, the competition, the industry, and our internal resources and capabilities. We then reposition ourselves in existing markets or extend our product/services into developing or adjacent markets. The future is assumed to be a linear extension of the past and present, and our rational analytical techniques help us to do this well.

What happens, however, when the future is not a linear extension of the past and present? What happens when we want to innovate and reinvent our business model, our industry or our world? How can we radically add value and provide high quality at low cost? How can we reinvent the ailing automobile industry or the air-travel experience? How can we solve the problems of our broken healthcare system, our dysfunctional economy or address global hunger, poverty and terrorism?

Strategy by design: A process for strategy innovation

James Carlopio — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:24:48 PDT

Strategy by Design illustrates how to use many of the principles, processes and tools of the design profession to create innovative break-through organizational strategies.

Changing gears: The strategic implementation of technology

James Carlopio — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:09:42 PDT

The focus of this book is upon the implementation of new technology, strategy, business models, and new innovations. It takes a social-psychological perspective on the management of change and technology/strategy implementation and crosses the boundaries of change management, technology implementation, and organizational strategy.

© Copyright James Carlopio, 2003.

Ancient wisdom for modern minds: A thinking heart and feeling mind

James Carlopio — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:05:19 PDT

The text is designed to help people access emotion, express emotion, acknowledge emotion, release emotion and move on gracefully to happier, more successful and less stressed lives.

© Copyright Verdant House, 2007

Creating strategy by design

James Carlopio — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:01:46 PDT

Although thousands of books and articles have been written on organizational strategy, there is very little that can be used to help us actually create or generate organizational strategy. Gary Hamel (1998, p. 3) was correct when he said, “Anyone who claims to be a strategist should be intensely embarrassed by the fact that the strategy industry doesn’t have a theory of strategy creation!” Almost 20 years later, the strategy industry still has no widely accepted theory, methods or tools for strategy creation … until now. In this paper I illustrate how to use many of the principles, processes and tools of the design profession to create innovative organizational strategies that can help organizations stand out from the pack.

Developing management skills: A comprehensive guide for leaders

James Carlopio et al. — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:05:36 PDT

Extract:

The philosophy of this book is that improvement in management skills is primarily the learner's responsibility. If the principles covered in this book are not conscientiously applied outside the classroom, little or no progress can be achieved. The authors' intention, therefore, is to have the course carry over into the life activities of learners. Effectiveness in management is no different from effectiveness in most other human enterprises. The same kind of skills are required to live a productive and successful life as for managing people effectively. That is why, even though some users of this book may not presently be managers of other employees, and indeed may never become managers, they should neither dismiss these skills as irrelevant nor wait until they become managers before attempting to practise them.