Alexis Savkín
Alexis Savkin is a Strategy Architect and founder of BSC Designer, a strategy execution software platform with the Balanced Scorecard at its core. He helps organizations translate strategy into measurable objectives, KPIs, and initiatives. Alexis is the creator of the Strategy Execution Canvas, the author of 100+ articles on strategy and performance measurement, and a regular speaker.Many AI pilots do not move beyond the testing stage because implementation complexity is underestimated. A clearer path forward starts with identifying stakeholders, understanding where complexity moves, and defining metrics for the value created. Why do so many AI pilots fail to scale? Organizations experiment with AI, test a few use cases, and see promising … Read more
To increase trust in AI, don’t search for one perfect system; combine systems that break in different ways. The core ideas of this article were first presented in the talk “Beyond Quality: Measuring Trust in AI Outcomes” at Software Quality Days 2026 in Vienna. Download the Trust Architecture Canvas as a PDF template. Can We … Read more
A practical internal workshop template that helps organizations transform high-level strategic plans into goals that are clear, measurable, and ready for execution. This workshop can be run by your internal team. Alternatively, the BSC Designer team can lead the workshop, helping participants apply the methodology directly to their strategic plan. Workshop Guidelines for Facilitators Many … Read more
After discussions about choices and priorities calm down, strategy moves into implementation. At that point it is no longer a clean diagram with arrows showing logical connections, but a set of spreadsheets and a long strategic-plan document, often managed through HR and reduced to incentive calculations based on KPIs. If you’re curious about why more … Read more
How can we calculate the ROI of implementing strategic planning software and justify this investment to senior management? An interesting question was recently raised by a potential client: How do we justify implementing your strategy execution platform in front of our senior management team? If you are advocating for automating strategic planning in your organization, … Read more
Most AI initiatives fail not because the technology doesn’t work, but because organizations don’t know what problem they are actually trying to solve. According to the MIT study State of AI in Business 20251 most organizations have implemented at least some AI pilots, but many still mention low impact and no measurable return on AI initiatives. … Read more
I first became interested in AI back in the early 2000s and even won a junior competition with a project focused on handwritten OCR (optical character recognition). Interestingly, already in 2000 we had almost all the core algorithms that are still used today. What we didn’t yet have was enough compute… Over time, my interests … Read more
Understanding cause-and-effect logic is essential to building a strategy that works as a system, not a collection of isolated objectives. A clear cause-and-effect structure links strategic goals and clarifies how objectives depend on each other. Understanding Cause-And-Effect in Strategic Planning Cause-and-effect logic plays a critical role in transforming strategy from a set of goals into … Read more
This article looks at what Balanced Scorecard software really is, why so many teams start their strategy journey in Excel, and what changes when they switch to a dedicated tool. We’ll also talk about moving from isolated scorecards to something more structured, connected, and easier to work with as the strategy grows. What Balanced Scorecard … Read more
What many organizations call a “strategic plan” often turns out to be a mix of aspirations, goals, tools, and measurement ideas. It gives a sense of direction but not enough clarity to actually start executing. And that’s where the struggle begins. We often hear something like this from our users: “We already have a strategic … Read more