The four questions to ask before you get ready to scale-up!
Answering these questions can prepare you to scale-up fast.
Read more at Book Summary – Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It…and Why the Rest Don’t.
Where and how does one begin the innovation process? Autodesk’s Innovation Strategist, Bill O’Connor, offers 7 questions:
How to create an integrated view of strategy? According to Kevin J. Boudreau, the most essential questions to address are:
Read more at
(1) https://hbr.org/2017/10/a-short-guide-to-strategy-for-entrepreneurs
Is your strategy aligned with your organizational culture? Who are you becoming in the pursuit of your goals? Who do you need to BE in order to achieve your biggest goals? Here is a fun exercise by http://fasterthan20.com:
Image Source: http://fasterthan20.com/toolkit/strategy-culture-bicycle/
What do you do better than others?
Is your entire organization aligned to do everything with this thinking?
If yes, then you are a “coherent” company. Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi suggest taking a “Coherence Test” as illustrated in the image below.
Based on this, Paul Leinwand and Matthias Bäumler have listed the following 8 tough strategy questions.
References: (1) https://hbr.org/2017/11/8-tough-questions-to-ask-about-your-companys-strategy (2) https://hbr.org/2010/06/the-coherence-premium
How effectively are you implementing your business strategy?
The seven questions designed by Harvard professor Robert Simons could help answer that question:
1 – Who is your primary customer?
2 – How do you prioritize the needs of shareholders, employees, and customers with your core values?
3 – What critical performance variables are you tracking?
4 – What strategic boundaries have you set?
5 – How are you generating creative tension?
6 – How committed are your employees to helping each other?
7 – What strategic uncertainties keep you awake at night?
See more details at http://www.free-management-ebooks.com/news/simons-seven-strategy-questions/
Karl-Erik Sveiby [Hanken School of Economics · Department of Management and Organisation, PhD, Professor Emeritus] has presented a “A Knowledge-based Theory of the Firm to guide Strategy Formulation”.
Here are a few strategy questions listed in the research paper – based on competence and conversations.
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About the Author: Shweta Luthra is visionary designer who comes with over a decade of industry experience under her belt, having done her Masters in Housing from the reputed School of Planning & Architecture back in the year 2002.
Not just reading books and articles, she travels around the world in order to stay in line with international trends and practices. She understands that first and foremost, detailed client interaction is a priority so that hi-end designs can take shape with precision and accuracy.
Under the tutelage of Marc, a highly successful interior design personnel from London, Shweta was introduced to a new dimension of Creating Energy Spaces a few years ago. Home is an extension of ourselves; ergo, by enhancing its energy in multiple shapes and forms, we can transform our inner capabilities slowly but surely.
Since childhood, multiple times I have heard that we are energy, everything around us is energy. Even all spiritual practitioners & healers talk about energy. I do believe in it but honestly have never given a deeper thought to it.
Luckily, last year in 2017, I got introduced to the concept of energy spaces by my coach, Marc an eminent interior designer from London. He is a ‘Shaman’ who is actively practicing & teaching about ‘Sacred Spaces’ & how they can transform our lives.
What I learnt from here is the fact that everything on this earth including us is a form of energy. We can raise the energy of our home spaces where we spend most of our time, which will enhance our energy & capabilities too.
I learnt about ‘power spots’ which are the crossing points where earth’s electromagnetic lines from North pole & South pole meet. These are the points of very high-energy frequency & most of our ancient sacred temples/cathedrals were built on it. The purpose was that people who visited these temples found that their energy capabilities were raised & inner transformation happened for them. Few examples to quote are the oldest recorded temple of Tiwanaku, Stonehenge in Britain and Pyramids of Giza.
It was amazing to know that our ancestors were so conscious & ahead of times, for sure more closer to the energy of the source. This
learning reminded me of ‘Dhyanlinga’ built by Sadhguru of Isha Foundation with a deeper knowledge & mastery over the inner energies. I happen to visit ‘Dhyanlinga’ few years back when I joined ‘Isha Foundation’. Sadhguru refers to these temples as consecrated spaces & public charging sites.
So, the question is how these high energy, sacred plates are related to our homes.
The answer is very simple:-
Likewise we can built power spots of higher energy in our homes which are representation of us. Since, we are also energy, oscillating all the time, when we are connected to higher frequency spaces; our energy will be enhanced too. We will not be stuck & inner
transformation will happen which will bring lasting changes for us.
Source: https://www.bellacasaindia.com/2018/07/20/energy-spaces/
About the author Shweta Luthra: A brainchild of Shweta Luthra, Bella Casa is a byproduct of our do-it-all visionary designer who comes with over a decade of industry experience under her belt, having done her Masters in Housing from the reputed School of Planning & Architecture back in the year 2002. Not just reading books and articles, she travels around the world in order to stay in line with international trends and practices. She understands that first and foremost, detailed client interaction is a priority so that hi-end designs can take shape with precision and accuracy.
Every year Milan play host to the most high profile interiors in the world. Milan Design week which is in the month of April takes over the entire city. High-end Fashion Designers, Bottega Veneta, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Armani, Fendi & many more fashion icons showcase their products & brands, merging the lines between Fashion & Homes.
This year, April 2018, I got lucky to be there with my Mentor, Marc, an Eminent Interior Designer from London. Sharing a few excerpts from experience I had while exploring beautiful designs of my favorite designers.
Headed by the creative director Tomas Maier, Bottega Veneta’s ground floor boutique in Milan is located in high ceilinged, beautifully be frescoed 18th century Palazzo Gallarati Scotti.
This year they launched its first modular seating system Bottega Veneta Tre. It’s modern in design & function, has a corner section, single seat section & pouf configured to suit one’s need, but it is also modern in design, applying the house’s instantly recognizable interlocking intrecciato design to the sides of its sleek,squared-off, Space Age sections.
A particular highlight of the new collection is in the lighting category: three bronze styles created in collaboration with Osanna Visconti di Modrone. They are made with a lost-wax technique to echo the intrecciato weave. This marks the second collaboration between Maier & Visconti di Modrone, following the set of Bronze tables presented in 2016.
The presentation featured new styles, functions, materials, and colors for both furniture and home accessories. The seating collection has been expanded with both new families and variations of existing ones, featuring unusual details, as well as new colors and materials.
Louis Vuitton showcased its objets Nomades collection at Palazzo Bocconi in Milan, last April 2018.
Hop over to original blog post by Shweta Luthra to checkout few collections showcased by some of the world’s most renowned designers like Humberto & Fernando, Campana, Marcel Wanders, Atelier Oi, Patricia Urquiola and Andre fu.
Shweta’s latest passion is “Sacred Energy Spaces”. Under the tutelage of Marc, a highly successful interior designer from London, Shweta was introduced to a new dimension of Creating Energy Spaces a few years ago. Home is an extension of ourselves; ergo, by enhancing its energy in multiple shapes and forms, we can transform our inner capabilities slowly but surely.
She can be reached at shweta@bellacasaindia.com.
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