In recent years, there has been a lot of interest in the use of Strategy Deployment (or Policy Deployment, or Hoshin Kanri – depending on where and how you were educated on this topic). Despite this recent interest in the western world, the development and use of this method has actually been prevalent for several decades in Japan and a central part of how they run their businesses. So why is Strategy Deployment becoming popular on these shores? Put simply – many organisations really struggle to join their strategic intent with day-to-day tactical execution.