The $180M
Question
For every 1,000 employees, poor strategy execution costs organizations an estimated $180m in unrealized value. That's a leadership infrastructure problem — and it's compounding.
Calculate the cost
180M
Unrealized value per 1,000
employees from strategy execution gaps
employees from strategy execution gaps
85%
Of strategic initiatives run over budget — not because of bad plans, but broken execution
35%
Of resources go into initiatives that don't actually connect to strategy
Where the money goes
Five gaps.
Each one has a price tag.
2 in 5
Focus
Strategic projects that never finish
When teams don't understand why their work matters, priorities shift and projects stall. The 7–10 month delay on major investments becomes the norm rather than the exception.
54%
Visibility
Of employees feel disconnected from strategy
Only 18% of organizations discuss strategy weekly. The rest lead by assumption – and the gap between what leadership intends and what teams execute grows wider every quarter.
3 in 5
Alignment
Teams not aligned with each other's goals
Cascade customers typically find 20% of active projects can be merged or cut entirely. That's budget, headcount, and leadership attention spent on work that duplicates or contradicts itself.
67%
Accountability
Of strategic objectives lack leading and lagging KPIs
When 26% of critical KPIs have no owner, outcomes become subjective. High performers leave. And 90% of exec teams say they'd make better decisions with better data – but don't have it.
4 in 5
Speed
Exec teams relying on manual, subjective strategy reports
When the data leadership needs to act is locked in decks, spreadsheets, and follow-up emails, decisions lag reality by weeks. Markets don't wait. Neither do competitors. Organizations that can't read and respond to execution signals in real time don't just move slowly – they move blind. The cost isn't just delay. It's the compounding value of every decision made on stale information.
Where the money goes
What is your organization paying?
Model assumes Cascade customers typically 2× their strategic success rate within 18 months.
Individual results vary based on organization size, complexity, and initiative portfolio.
This calculator is for illustrative purposes.
Individual results vary based on organization size, complexity, and initiative portfolio.
This calculator is for illustrative purposes.
Discuss your numbers
THE ROI
When strategy has a system,
the numbers follow.
For a $300m organization, the infrastructure investment pays back in weeks — not quarters.
These are the outcomes Cascade customers see when execution is connected to strategic intent.
These are the outcomes Cascade customers see when execution is connected to strategic intent.
We grew net profitability over 800% through continuous improvements to our operational efficiency. With Cascade, we are creating visibility, alignment and accountability and that’s why we think it is a perfect match.”
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Marius Turbatu
Corporate Development Director
All of our planning and monthly/quarterly governance meetings included very manual processes and had a lot of subjective material. Now we have streamlined these processes and can quantify progress and hold people accountable."
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Charles Elledge
Corporate Strategy Senior Analyst
As a complex organization, we cherish the ability to consolidate multiple operations plans into a single platform. Each team's leader is in charge of their own plan.”
Brent Fleming
Chief People Officer
$20m
average reduced spend on
misaligned projects & resources
misaligned projects & resources
3 Months
saved every year on
strategy operations
strategy operations
91%
internal teams report
“On Track” with their goals
“On Track” with their goals
Where the money goes
The first step is knowing
where you stand.
Our Strategy Maturity Assessment shows you where your organization is losing value today — and what it would take to close the gap. It takes 10 minutes. The output is a diagnostic your exec team can act on.