The portfolio question beyond each business plan
An enterprise can approve individually persuasive business plans without creating a coherent portfolio.
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Chief Strategy Officer · Canada · Global perspective
September 2026 edition
Making the choices that shape the next enterprise.
Section · The leadership journal
Essays on enterprise strategy and portfolio direction, written for the people who carry the decisions.
An enterprise can approve individually persuasive business plans without creating a coherent portfolio.
Read the essayA set of future narratives is useful when it changes how a leadership team acts today.
Read the essayPriorities that do not change budgets, leadership attention or capability investment may remain statements of intent.
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