A behind-the-scenes look at how the One Strategy approach works in practice

The "One Strategy" book reflects on how to develop strategies that are aligned with execution in a rapidly changing competitive environment.

The Interview of Marco Iansiti, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, by Sean Silverthorne is editor-in-chief of HBS Working Knowledge follows...

The "One Strategy" Destination

According to Marco Iansiti, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, every corporation has two strategies: "Explicit" strategy is the one you read about in your company's planning memos and PowerPoint slides. The second, "implicit" strategy, is what emerges when middle managers and line employees attempt to execute the explicit strategy.
Unfortunately, these strategies often diverge. They are not aligned. And so the potential of the enterprise becomes unrealized.Strategy therefore becomes ...