Working Smart... and other hallway conversations

Two very different articles, crossed my desk recently, both have a bearing on how to approach strategic planning, and even more so when you get around to implementing strategy and making it real.  The second one is a research study out of Queens University in Canada following the effects of 22 women exercising.  You’re probably thinking, “What, I thought this blog was on strategy?”  It is.  And I’ll explain in a minute, but let’s begin by looking at an article coming out of Harvard around the topic of strategy and lies.