Open Strategy

By Christina Wawarta and Sotirios Paroutis Strategy has traditionally been the purview of the CEO and senior executives in an organisation. …

Ideas about company strategies are changing as quickly as the times. The standard structures used to involve a more rigid top-down approach. However, recent innovation of the open strategy has given way to a new implementation of ideas. Although a fairly recent innovation, the open strategy has proven effective in…

Springtime in Washington — a time for cherry blossoms, kayaking, and of course, tax payments. Understanding the process of paying individual taxes can be quite intimidating for many, let alone understanding the global taxation landscape. However, international taxation issues affect each and every person who benefits from public service. …

How does a career as a planner prepare you — or not — for life as the CEO of a creative agency? And what fresh perspectives can those who’ve made that leap share about the discipline they left behind? — For the latest School of Planning evening, we invited two stellar planners who made exactly that move to tell us about their experiences: Sophie Maunder-Allen, CEO of VCCPMe, and Lucy Jameson, former CEO of Grey London (currently working on setting up her own shop).

A compendium of the best strategy reads we’ve shared over the past 12 months — Yes, It’s that time of the year. That day you’ve all been waiting for since February 21st of last year. Exactly one year ago, we published a recap of the most read articles from our first year publishing our weekly newsletter. …

The 54 most clicked articles from our newsletter — “Of all human achievements, sending 54 emails in a year is probably one of the greatest. The Life of Pablo aside.” K.W. Last Sunday, we sent the Open Strategy newsletter for the 54th time. This marked a full year (plus a couple of weeks) of publishing the most interesting strategy…