IDG Contributor Network: Context, basketball and the Golden Gate Bridge

When my colleague Joe Czarnecki and I were given the opportunity to share our thoughts on how to improve your and your organization's ability to make strategy work, I started reflecting on all the times in my personal and professional life where I set out to execute against an established strategy.  There have been many — some of which I look back fondly upon, and others I would like to forget like a bad dream. With most projects and initiatives, I have been involved with either leadi