Technology Magazine April 2018 | Page 12

solution enables business leaders to drive alignment across the entire organisation , continually assess progress against business objectives , and iterate with greater agility .

It really gets to the three issues our customers face , which experts like MIT and HBR are highlighting more often . Firstly , strategic priorities are out of sync with market and they ’ re slow to iterate . Secondly , no-one understands the strategic priorities . Thirdly , as a result of this , execution is inefficient and off the mark . Our Active Strategy Management solution helps clients to iterate on their strategic priorities faster , “ localise ” the strategic priorities and success metrics to each team in the organisation for radical clarity , and streamline execution so the right work gets done and risks are well managed .

The software makes it easy to cohesively communicate and manage the strategic priorities and their cascade , track success metrics at each level , align workstreams and initiatives to drive target results , and orchestrate fact-based meetings to address risks and drive fast decisions . A Running Business ReviewTM gives leaders at every level a coherent picture of it all comes together and where the issues are .

Companies face an entirely new set of market challenges that require them to dramatically improve their ability to iterate and activate strategies quickly . The old-school waterfall approach to strategy alignment was trapped at the top of the house and doesn ’ t work .

Workboard is creating an entirely new solution category to provide a data-driven , digital approach to defining , aligning and managing strategic outcomes to help organisations compete at market speed . As the pioneer of this new software category , our early lead , depth of understanding , unique Results Accelerator methodology , and the technology solution itself all set us apart .

While the need to activate , align and achieve strategic priorities is a universal business need , many of our customers are in the technology

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