by David Barrett | Mar 13, 2019 | Blog, Strategy Execution
I am a serial entrepreneur and a dreamer. I come up with new ideas all the time, which comes with good news and bad news. The good news is that some of these ideas, well under 50% admittedly, are good ones: ideas that could serve my community well, or...
by David Barrett | Feb 13, 2019 | Blog, Leadership, Strategy Execution
I have a friend who loves to innovate. He loves to create new companies, products or services but he isn’t very successful. Whenever you get him talking about the next big thing, inevitably the words ‘and then I am going to sell it and make a fortune’ come...
by David Barrett | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog, Leadership, Strategy Execution, Uncategorised
This week’s post is an interview with Dan Watt, Sr. Director, Large Program Enablement at RBC. Dan is a real visionary and has always had a very unique perspective on the work we do in today’s organizations. This interview highlights Dan’s idea that...
by David Barrett | Jan 9, 2019 | Blog, Everyone, Strategy Execution
As I sit here during the first week of January, I can’t stop thinking about the exciting year ahead. I have some new adventures planned that will make this a fun, exciting and hopefully prosperous year. But I have learned some very important lessons along...
by David Barrett | Dec 5, 2018 | Blog, Strategy Execution
As I transition my career these days to the strategy execution space, I’m amazed at how often I’ve run into organizations of all shapes and sizes who don’t have a viable strategic plan. At first they will tell me that they have a plan but as we talk about it, they...
by David Barrett | Oct 31, 2018 | Blog, Leadership, Strategy Execution
The future of the organization was set. After many months of research, reflection and decision making, it was decided that the right path was to acquire our primary competitor. They were open to the idea, the market seemed ready for a larger and stronger player,...
