April 27, 2021 / Scott Hutcheson /

How to you get people to move from talk to action? In our approach to strategic transformation we use series of short-term Strategic Action Plans to document the collection of action items people take on. Our methods are informed by promised-based management as described by Sull and Spinosa in a 2007 Harvard Business Review article. These commitments represent a dynamic network of promises to take action. The authors note that a GOOD promise is…

  • Public
  • Voluntary
  • Active
  • Specific

This is just one of the many evidence-based tools you’ll learn in our Strategic Doing Masterclass.

Adapted from: Sull, D. N., & Spinosa, C. (2007). Promise-based management. Harvard Business Review, 85(4), 79-86.

Scott Hutcheson

Scott Hutcheson

I’m a professor of engineering and technology leadership at Purdue University and through my company, Hutcheson Associates, my colleagues, partners, and I engage with leaders in companies, organizations, and communities, here in the US and across the world.

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