Tag: grassrootsstrategy
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All Models Are Wrong, But Some Models Are Useful: Business Implications of a Timeless Truth
Introduction Businesses today rely heavily on models—financial models, economic forecasts, consumer behavior models, risk assessments, and even AI-driven predictive analytics—to make decisions. Yet, no matter their sophistication, models are fundamentally only approximations of reality. The saying “All models are wrong, but some models are useful,” serves as a powerful reminder…
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Warning: No-one Cares About Your Product!
Our executive sponsor at a long-time client used to start off every Grassroots Strategy session by telling the teams to put a jar in the middle of their table and every time someone mentioned the word ‘product’ they had to put $5 in it. She told them that she was…
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Strategy, Focus and the Perfect Pint
In 1759, Arthur Guinness leased a disused brewery in Dublin and began producing beer for the local market. Like most brewers of his time, he produced a variety of beers to meet a variety of tastes. But by the late 1770’s, Guinness was becoming known for his porter. The dark…
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Is it time to take the ‘product’ out of product management?
Frequently, we are asked to tailor our ‘Grassroots Strategy’ workshops to serve as training for product managers. Typically, the identified need is a lack of strategic thinking and/or tools for analyzing markets in a company’s product manager group. Beneath the surface, however, we believe that the problem may run deeper.…
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Not-for-Profit is a Tax Status, Not Your Strategy
We are asked from time to time if our ‘Grassroots Strategy’ framework applies in the nonprofit world. After some reflection and a couple of attempts to make it work, we are convinced that it does work. However, we have come to realize that nonprofits frequently need to add an additional…