IDG Contributor Network: Where did that strategy go?

If, as Heraclitus said, “everything changes and nothing remains still,” how can we ever get anything accomplished? A couple of weeks ago I read an excellent article from Bain & Company, Building Efficient Organizations that summed up the issues nicely. Leaders spend entirely too much time and effort chasing the next “bright shiny object,” “next big thing,” “squirrel” or whatever your phrase of the day is, instead of preparing to win the ma