The ideas behind Lead With Strategy — from portfolio management to strategy that is lived.
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Strategy must be lived
Strategy is what lets people act together without being told exactly what to do. But in a world that outruns its own plans, strategy can no longer be decided once and handed down. It has to be lived — read, tested, and rediscovered together, again and again.
Discover what this means for how we lead and organize — and why, in the end, that’s a human choice no technology can make for you.
Are you sure you have the right approach to strategy? In English and Danish.
Experience it
Lead with Strategy Workshop (on request)
A half or full day for leadership teams. A read of the strategy you’re actually running, to challenge it against what the situation affords and identify what to strengthen, change or stop.
Also available as an introduction to Lead With Strategy and in a train-the-trainer format for organizations that want to bring the approach in-house.
This is not a workshop; it’s a movement starter for #StrategyLed leadership
(Workshop participant)
Go deeper
The Strategy Playbook
Practical tools for leading with strategy, keeping on strategy and managing surprise.
The Strategy Playbook explores how to build a more liquid organization, with actionable, bite-sized concepts for immediate use. It is a practical companion to the thinking behind Lead With Strategy.
Find the Strategy Playbook from Amazon.
UNMESS – Collaborative Lean Portfolio Management (CLPM)
The portfolio-management roots of the work.
UNMESS approaches Lean Portfolio Management from a complexity perspective: how to maintain a healthy balance, manage at a speed you can afford to lose, and minimize wasted opportunity.
In the press
A selection of articles and commentary tracing the development of the thinking. In Danish.
Berlingske, Jul-2026, Kommentar 22-juli-2026 side 21: “Forkert spørgsmål om Zetland” (LinkedIn – med kopi af kommentar)
Børsen, Sep-2025: http://borsen.dk/nyheder/opinion/den-blinde-vinkel-i-jagten-pa-ai-effektivitet-kan-koste-dyrt
Berlingske, Juni-2025, Kommentar 23-juni-2025 side 17: “Ai vil ændre organiseringen af arbejde grundlæggende” (kopi, LinkedIn)
Mandag Morgen, Juni-2024: https://www.mm.dk/artikel/saadan-undgaar-du-at-den-digitale-omstilling-bliver-et-catch-22
Berlingske, Apr-2024, Kommentar 28-april-2024 side 34: “Blinde vinkler” (kopi).
Børsen, Feb-2024: https://borsen.dk/nyheder/opinion/drop-jagten-paa-den-perfekte-losning
Børsen (sponsored), Aug-2023: https://borsen.dk/sponsoreret/business-agility-ekspert-undgaa-at-strategien-ender-som-indskriften-over-virksomhedens-gravsten
Mandag Morgen, Jun-2023: https://www.mm.dk/ledelse/artikel/strategisk-lukkethed-truer-din-overlevelsesevne
Børsen, Maj-2023: https://borsen.dk/nyheder/opinion/debat-opgiv-kontrollen-og-gor-din-strategi-styrbar-igen
Børsen, Dec-2022: https://borsen.dk/nyheder/opinion/debat-naar-du-styrker-retningssansen-i-din-virksomhed-skaber-du-reel-agil-ledelse
Børsen, Sep-2019: https://borsen.dk/nyheder/opinion/kronik-projektportefolgen-er-en-overset-guldgrube
