Atlassian research: Your strategy isn’t broken. Your organization just can’t move.
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Research with 308 senior enterprise leaders finds that organizational inability to act on strategy — not strategic clarity — is the core problem. Only 11% of organizations have work explicitly linked to strategic priorities in a shared system. The study introduces 'mean time to pivot' (MTTP) as a key metric, finding most enterprises take a month or more to reallocate resources after a strategic signal. Three structural barriers are identified: poor execution connectivity, rigid capital governance (fixed annual budgets), and an AI paradox where individual productivity gains don't translate to organizational speed. The proposed solution is a 'living operating model' where strategy, work, people, and capital share one connected system — which also unlocks real AI ROI.
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Your strategy isn’t broken. Your organization is just stuck.The clarity trapThe finding that should challenge your current Strategic Portfolio Management investmentThe metric most organizations aren’t tracking: mean time to pivotThree structural barriers — not planning failuresWhat the fastest organizations are buildingThe financial case for structural speedSort: