{"id":576,"date":"2026-10-27T10:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boomyourcompany.com\/?p=576"},"modified":"2026-10-27T10:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:01:02","slug":"strategy-in-boom-why-it-matters-and-what-it-is-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boomyourcompany.com\/en\/strategy-in-boom-why-it-matters-and-what-it-is-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategy in BOOM: Why it matters and what it is for"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most small and medium-sized businesses believe they already have a strategy. The owner knows where the company is headed, has a feel for the market, and makes decisions based on experience. The problem is that this picture most often exists only in the owner\u2019s head. Employees see individual pieces of the puzzle, but not the whole picture, so everyone interprets the strategy in their own way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In large companies, the situation can be even more paradoxical: a strategy exists, has been thoroughly developed and documented, but is known only to a small circle of top management. The rest of the organization gets at best, a half-hour presentation and a PowerPoint deck that is declared to be the \u201cintegration of strategy into the organization.\u201d In both cases, the result is the same: people are working, but they do not know exactly why they are doing what they do or where it is leading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strategy is more than the owner\u2019s vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The BOOM Model is based on the idea that strategy is not a set of numbers for the coming year \u2013 revenue, EBITDA, headcount \u2013 because these are not the strategy itself, but its consequences. A true strategy is a series of deliberate choices a company makes to determine its direction. That direction must be clear and shared by everyone in the organization, not just the owner or management team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is why one of the fundamental purposes of strategy is to create a common language. When everyone can explain where the company is going and why in the same terms, misunderstandings diminish, energy is no longer wasted on projects that lead nowhere, and people begin to feel that they are part of something bigger than their day-to-day tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five questions that tie strategy together<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To develop strategy, BOOM uses Roger Martin\u2019s Playing to Win methodology, enhanced by experience gained from working with hundreds of entrepreneurs. Its strength lies in five key questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. What is our winning aspiration?<\/li>\n\n\n
  2. Where will we play?<\/li>\n\n\n
  3. How will we win?<\/li>\n\n\n
  4. What capabilities must we have?<\/li>\n\n\n
  5. What systems and measures do we need?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    These questions are not separate chapters, but a logical, scalable chain in which each element supports the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This interconnectedness is what strategy is really for: it makes it possible to regularly assess whether the strategy holds together, where it is breaking down, what is redundant, and what is missing. Without this interconnectedness, you end up with a collection of good intentions that do not support one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Strategy requires focus, not constant change<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Another reason strategy is important is focus. Through Jim Collins\u2019s \u201cHedgehog Concept,\u201d BOOM teaches that the most successful companies are those that have found a simple, clear direction: what they are deeply passionate about, what they can be the best in the world at, and what contributes most to the company\u2019s profitability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Once they find such a direction, companies stick with it for years, instead of changing it every time a new opportunity arises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Changing strategy comes at a cost. Just as an enormous amount of energy is needed to get a massive turbine moving, considerable energy must be invested to set an organization on a new course. Every premature change squanders that energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Examples from Collins\u2019s book \u201cGood to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap\u2026 and Others Don\u2019t\u201d show how losing focus and expanding into too many unrelated businesses can jeopardize a company\u2019s long-term success. The problem is not necessarily a poorly designed strategy, but a lack of the focus and discipline required to consistently follow the chosen direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A strategy is only as good as its execution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Ultimately, the BOOM Model is about putting strategy into action, not just making a statement. Jim Collins has shown that great companies don’t become great because of a brilliantly conceived strategy, but because of the skill and discipline with which they execute and communicate it throughout the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That’s why BOOM insists on jointly reviewing the strategy once a year and identifying up to five key strategic projects based on it, with a clearly defined person in charge, deadlines, and measurable progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In this way, strategy stops being a document that is written once and forgotten. Instead, it becomes a living tool that redirects the energy of the entire organization toward another win each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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