Acerca da comunicação da estratégia

"What learning actually takes place when the CEO of the organization delivers a PowerPoint presentation outlining corporate strategy – replete with facts and figures, graphs and charts – at an All-Hands meeting?
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As a test, one organization that had experienced rapid growth over the past five years, as well as shifting strategic priorities, interviewed key managers three months after such a presentation. The study revealed that the managers, from various functional areas within the organization, had different ideas about what the corporate strategy was. Some saw the corporation as focusing on differentiation, others interpreted the strategy as being close to the customer, and a few believed that the goal was to be low-cost leader.
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Surveyed four months after the PowerPoint review of corporate strategy, 13 employees identified the strategy as one of differentiation, 26 as one of focus on customers, and 6 as one of cost leaders. The average confidence rating when making this choice was 2.9 on a 5-point scale.
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Or could it be that PowerPoint presentations of facts and figures, charts and graphs, and colorful graphics are just not the most effective way to explain strategy? Given these uncertainties, there’s a case to be made that corporations need replace their PowerPoint presentations with a program that includes a memorable narrative or story that will make strategy persuasive and memorable – one that will capture hearts and minds as well as drive strategy."

Trechos retirados de "Narrative vs PowerPoint: for leaders, it may not be a matter of fact" de Michael Carriger, (STRATEGY & LEADERSHIP VOL. 38 NO. 2 2010, pp. 52-56)