Planning to Execution
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Background: Netflix started by renting DVDs, then realized that consumers increasingly preferred streaming content.
Strategic Analysis:
- Netflix examined market trends and consumer behavior, recognized the growing preference for on-demand streaming over DVD delivery
- Netflix Identified increasing competitive threats from other companies entering the streaming market.
Strategic Formulation:
- Netflix defined a clear vision to shift from DVD rentals to streaming, supported by major investments in technology and content acquisition
- They also created original content to differentiate themselves from competitors.
Strategic Implementation:
- Netflix successfully launched its streaming service, which quickly gained popularity. They continuously improved the user experience and expanded their content library.
- They adapted their business model to focus on subscriptions, which allowed for steady revenue growth.
Successful strategy execution rests on three core elements:
Strategic Analysis --> can be defined as the assessment of an organization’s current competitive position, the identification of valuable future positions, and an understanding of how the organization can move toward those positions. This is a foundational role because it shapes how an organization understands its current position and identifies future opportunities. This process should be grounded in data and analytics to ensure that insights (from finance, marketing, accounting, and other organizational areas) are evidence-based rather than intuitive.
Strategic Formulation --> There are four important approach to strategy formulation:
- Strategic war room -- a concept inspired by military planning and famously associated with Winston Churchill during World War II. In a modern organizational context, a strategic war room is a dedicated space—often outside the usual office environment—designed to support deep, focused strategic thinking through visual and collaborative methods.
- Rapid prototyping -- a concept borrowed not from military planning, but from manufacturing and design. Rapid prototyping originates in the design-and-build world, where organizations quickly create physical or functional models to test ideas before full-scale production.
- Design thinking -- takes a fundamentally different starting point. Rather than approaching strategy from a purely analytical or scientific perspective, it asks managers to think like designers. Instead of focusing first on data, forecasts, and assumptions about the future, design thinking emphasizes understanding human experiences and creatively designing solutions. This approach is built on three core principles. The first is empathy. The second principle is invention. The third principle is iteration.
- Business Model Canvas -- is widely used in industries such as technology, where speed, clarity, and adaptability are essential.
Strategic Implementation --> The 4A Model: A Clear Execution Framework
It teaches that successful outcomes emerge when insight, planning, consultation, execution, and adaptability are integrated.
“And say: Work, for Allah will see your work…”(QS At-Tawbah 9:105)
