Linking Strategy to Execution: Why Great Strategies Fail and How Leaders Deliver Results

In this episode of Enterprise Tech Talk, host Saumitra Kalikar speaks with strategy and innovation advisor Noel Sobelman about the organisational disciplines that separate successful strategy execution from good strategic intentions.

The conversation explores why strategy often breaks down during investment planning, how portfolio management influences business outcomes, why organisations struggle to stop low-value initiatives, how leaders should allocate scarce talent, and what effective governance looks like in today's AI-driven enterprise.

Noel also shares practical insights from more than 25 years advising global organisations, together with perspectives from his new book Innovation Portfolio Management: Linking Strategy to Execution.

Whether you're a CIO, CTO, Enterprise Architect, Product Leader or Transformation Executive, this episode provides practical guidance on connecting strategy, investment and execution.

Listen for insights on:

• Why strategy execution fails

• Portfolio management and investment prioritisation

• Eliminating "zombie projects"

• Resource allocation and organisational capacity

• Measuring strategic outcomes instead of project outputs

• AI's role in strategic planning and portfolio management

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