Albert Einstein is credited with the saying that “insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Yet, many organisations do the same things year after year, but expect their performance will be markedly better in the future than in the past. Organisations that understand how to engage in activities that consistently generate strategic value have the best chance of improving their performance over the long term. If an organisation's initiatives are not producing strategic value then it should do things differently.

Strategic value is more than just strategy. It is an event or idea that will produce a competitive or comparative advantage for the organisation. Comparative advantage encompasses more than competitive advantage, because it allows for the possibility that some projects will be initiated in response to competitor actions and are therefore playing catch-up rather than creating a leading competitive advantage. Strategic value is formed by enacting new projects that build on the organisation’s core competencies, reduce internal weaknesses and external risks, and/or create new products, opportunities or options that can be exercised at a later date.

At mbh, we believe that organisations must embrace disruptive change in order to identify and remove the bottlenecks preventing them from substantially enhancing their performance through activities that generate strategic value. This is not just about change for change’s sake. Rather, we provide a fact-based examination of the current state of play with a review of what is working and should continue, as well as discussion of what is not working and should not continue. We follow this up with advice based on the deep experience of our consultants and proven management methodologies, including managing by project and the theory of contraints.  mbh offers advice consulting to client organisations in the areas of strategic management, organisational restructuring, and process re-engineering. Importantly, organisations can quickly enact this advice to optimise the strategic value of current and future initiatives.