How can organisational change be transformational when 37 per cent of the expected benefits go ‘missing in action’?What happens to obstruct the realisation of these benefits, and why?What are the key leverage points that will reduce friction and get you up to speed?In Take the Brakes Off, Adrian Dignam explains how organisational performance can be substantially improved through the application of systems thinking to strategic planning, and the operation of the strategic planning system as a dynamic model of the enterprise.If you’re a CEO, a senior executive or a director, these insights are for you. The opening chapters provide a brief introduction to strategic planning and to systems thinking, and a framework for subsequent discussion of the key behavioural feedback loops that operate to foster – or impede – corporate performance. The conclusions are specific, practical and compelling.