Sarisha Naidoo, Author at Lumina Strategies

25 Nov 25

From Vision to Execution: Building an AI Strategy That Actually Delivers Value

From Vision to Execution: Building an AI Strategy That Actually Delivers Value Intro An AI strategy that lives in a slide deck isn’t a strategy. It’s a wish. You need a calm, human-centred plan that protects people, saves time, and proves value fast. Pillar 1 – Purpose and guardrails Context:…

25 Nov 25

Closing the Gap Between Intention and Execution with AI

Strategy Is Not a Document It’s a Practice of Continuous Adaptation Intro Good intentions die in the admin. AI won’t write your strategy but used well, it will shrink the friction between “what we want” and “what we shipped.” Start where risk is lowest Context: Begin with high-repetition, low-risk tasks…

25 Nov 25

Strategy Is Not a Document – It’s a Practice of Continuous Adaptation

Strategy Is Not a Document – It’s a Practice of Continuous Adaptation Intro Most strategies are loud at launch and quiet by week eight. Not because leaders lack vision, but because teams lack a repeatable practice to turn choices into weekly movement. Strategy lives when cadence lives. The problem with…

25 Nov 25

Five Things Nobody’s Telling You About the Future of Work

Five Things Nobody’s Telling You About the Future of Work Intro Most “future of work” takes are loud about tools and quiet about people. The real shifts are calmer and more human: trust you can actually see, mindsets built for ambiguity, data that changes choices, team rhythms that protect energy,…

25 Nov 25

Beyond Burnout: How Resilient Teams Deliver Strategy That Lasts

Beyond Burnout: How Resilient Teams Deliver Strategy That Lasts Burnout doesn’t show up in the strategy. It shows up in the execution fatigue, friction, missed decisions, rework. You can’t fix this with motivation or morale. You need to fix the system. Why Burnout Is an Execution Problem Most people don’t…

25 Nov 25

When Work Stops Working: How Charities and SMEs Close the Strategy–Execution Gap

When Work Stops Working: How Charities and SMEs Close the Strategy – Execution Gap Most teams are busy. But busy isn’t working. Meetings multiply, updates circulate, and outcomes stall. Leaders sense it but can’t always name it: the work is full, yet the progress is thin. What’s Really Going On…

25 Nov 25

Execution Culture: How Small Teams Outperform Big Ones

Execution Culture: How Small Teams Outperform Big Ones Hook Culture is the margin: in chaotic times, the team with stronger execution habits wins. Opening reflection I visited a small non-profit team who handled a crisis without a single panic email. Why? Because they had built an execution culture a rhythm…

25 Nov 25

Why Your Three-Year Strategy Cycle Needs a Reboot

Why Your Three – Year Strategy Cycle Needs a Reboot Hook The world changed. Yet many strategies still act as if it didn’t. Opening reflection I once reviewed a three-year strategic plan where the middle year’s assumptions had already cracked within six months. Yet there it was, framed as if…

25 Nov 25

Strategic Foresight for Small and Medium Organisations

Strategic Foresight for Small and Medium Organisations Hook If you plan only for what you know, you will build nothing for what emerges. Opening reflection In a world shifting faster than ever, small and medium organisations often default to reactive mode. But you don’t need huge resources to see ahead …

03 Nov 25

From Strategy to Execution: Why So Many Plans Stall

AI Burnout Isn’t About Tech It’s About Pace You don’t fail because you don’t have a plan. You fail when the plan sits unopened, unlived, unseen.I once sat in a board meeting where the CEO confessed: “We have the perfect plan, but the team never asked me again what it…

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