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Wednesday Wisdom: Wocktails — Serving Strategic Insights
Welcome to Wocktails, a signature series of thought leadership served up every other Wednesday. Delivered as part of Wednesday Wisdom, each Wocktail blends reflection, curiosity, and creativity to explore practical strategies that help organizations thrive.
Designed for all industries and sectors, these insights ignite bold perspectives, disrupt the status quo, and spark purposeful shifts in leadership, strategy, and operations —empowering organizations to master complexity, scale capacity, and accelerate impact.
Explore the menu below. Cheers to sharper and stronger organizations!
Wocktails Menu
NEXT POUR IN 2026!
Happy Holidays and Cheers to 2026!
As the year winds down, I wanted to reach out and wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. The work we do at FaMoRa Services is grounded in people, and each year I am reminded just how special relationships truly are. I deeply value meaningful conversations and...
Strategy and Execution: Two Sides of the Same Coin
As part of our recent FaMoRa Services contest, participants shared their insights on a familiar and consistent challenge: translating strategic intent into consistent, measurable execution. A winner was selected and to close the loop, a broader poll was conducted to...
Efficiency vs Effectiveness in Business Optimization
As part of our recent FaMoRa Services contest, participants shared their insights on which dimension is most often overlooked in process improvement and business optimization: efficiency or effectiveness. A winner was selected and to close the loop, a broader poll was...
DOUBLE DOSE OF APPRECIATION: OUR SECOND WINNER
FaMoRa Services is delighted to announce the results of Giveaway 2 in our Double Dose of Appreciation Contest: The Wocktails Challenge. 🎉 🍸 Over the past several days, the community was invited to explore leadership-inspired Wocktails submitted through this contest,...
DOUBLE DOSE OF APPRECIATION: OUR FIRST WINNER
FaMoRa Services is pleased to share the results of Giveaway 1 from our Double Dose of Appreciation Contest! 🎉 Congratulations to Veronika Saxena, whose observations on efficiency versus effectiveness in optimization, and on bridging strategic aspiration with reality,...
🎉 🎉 DOUBLE DOSE OF APPRECIATION CONTEST 🎉 🎉
🎁 Two Giveaways for Wocktail Enthusiasts! Take your shot to win a $25 gift card (Amazon, Cineplex or Uber). 🕒 Deadline: November 11, 2025 💡GIVEAWAY 1 – Answer Both Questions | Winner announced: November 12, 2025 Efficiency vs. effectiveness in business optimization...
Clarity in the Glass: A Menu of Strategic Planning Wocktails
Introducing Our Sextuple Flight! The series wraps with Clarity in the Glass: A Menu of Strategic Planning Wocktails, a curated distillation on how strategy is shaped, lived, and sustained. This menu is crafted for leaders ready to accelerate momentum and keep strategy...
The Discipline Daiquiri: When Planning Becomes Practice
Strategic planning isn’t a deliverable. It’s a leadership discipline. Wocktail #12, The Discipline Daiquiri: When Planning Becomes Practice, explores what occurs when strategy planning is treated as a cycle to complete, rather than an enduring capability. In many...
The Shadow Sidecar: The Strategy Behind the Strategy
Every organization operates with two strategies: the stated and the shadow strategy. Wocktail #11, The Shadow Sidecar: The Strategy Behind the Strategy, explores the disconnect between the formal plan and its shadow. Like a shadow, this hidden strategy moves...
The Off-Course Old Fashioned: Drift Happens, Now What?
Drift in strategy is one of the most common yet least examined reasons that strategy fails. Wocktail #10, the Off-Course Old Fashioned: Drift Happens, Now What?, explores what happens when strategic intentions erode over time through an accumulation of subtle choices....