If pathfinding identifies a path, aligning paves it. Organizations are perfectly aligned to get the results they get. Think about that. If you are not getting the results you want, it is due to a misalignment somewhere in the organization and no pushing, pulling, demanding, or insisting will change a misalignment. Attributed to Stephen Covey

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. Sir Winston Churchill  

I came to see, in my time at IBM, that culture isn’t just one aspect of the game—it is the game. In the end, an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity of its people to create value. Vision, strategy, marketing, financial management—any  management system, in fact—can set you on the right path and can carry you for a […]

There may be a thousand little choices in a day. All of them count. Shad Helmstetter