San Francisco, California – December 11, 2025 — A impactful new addition to organizational leadership and transformation has arrived with the launch of End-to-End Strategy Execution: From Inception Through Solution Deployment. This book delivers a thorough, practical, and deeply insightful guide to help organizations overcome one of their most entrenched challenges: the ongoing struggle to execute strategies effectively. Across all industries, business leaders continue to invest significant resources in strategic plan implementation, yet outcomes often remain inconsistent, fragmented, or entirely unachieved. The book directly addresses this longstanding gap by presenting an integrated framework that guides organizations from strategic vision to real-world deployment.

In today’s fast-shifting business landscape, companies frequently find themselves trapped in cycles of repeated investment and repeated failure. Strategies may look compelling on paper but falter during execution. Many organizations lack alignment across leadership intent, effective planning, architectural decisions, and solution rollout methods. End-to-End Strategy Execution confronts this systemic disconnect head-on, offering a structured yet adaptable approach that enables business leaders to turn high-level ambitions into actionable, measurable, and sustainable results.

The book directly tackles why strategy execution challenges are so prevalent. It outlines recurring patterns of misaligned priorities and fragmented communication/collaboration between and within business and technology teams—driven by siloed execution. Instead of another isolated methodology, the authors provide an integrated framework that connects every step of the end-to-end strategy execution journey.

The authors also emphasize the need for organizations to adopt a new mindset: shifting from reactive decision-making to structured, holistic planning and aligned execution. They explain how to avoid being trapped by methodologies that only cover a slice of the execution cycle. Instead, they champion a methodology-agnostic yet methodology-literate approach, letting leadership teams leverage viable methods’ strengths while discarding flawed ones under a unified framework. The book will resonate with executives, planners, strategists, architects, and transformation leaders who’ve long recognized their organizations have strong ideas but struggle to implement them effectively.

Meet the Authors

End-to-End Strategy Execution is co-authored by two of the most respected experts in strategy execution and business/IT transformation: William M. Ulrich and Charles F. Bowman. Their combined expertise lends the book strategic depth and technical precision. Together, they draw on decades of real-world experience diagnosing organizational challenges and guiding teams through complex transformations.

William M. Ulrich is a globally recognized leader in business and IT transformation. He serves as President of Tactical Strategy Group, co-founder of Business Architecture Associates, and co-founder of the Business Architecture Guild®—three organizations that have shaped industry best practices for strategy execution and transformation. With over 40 years of experience, Ulrich has worked with corporations and government institutions relying on his ability to bridge strategy with practical, executable results. As a thought leader in business architecture, his background forms the core of the book’s integrated approach, reflecting his longstanding commitment to moving organizations beyond high-level strategy to disciplined, real-world solutions.

Charles F. Bowman, author of eight books, brings over 40 years of deep technical and architectural expertise to the collaboration. As Managing Partner at Polygon Partners, LLC, he has led large-scale software system design/development, advised leaders on long-term tech planning, and guided enterprise architecture efforts that drive organizational performance. His career spans systems engineering, database design, IT architecture, and complex tech initiatives. A respected academic, he has taught at St. Thomas Aquinas College, St. John’s University, and the City University of New York. His contributions bring technical clarity, architectural rigor, and systematic design to the forefront. Combined with Ulrich’s strategic focus, Bowman’s technical skills create the balance for a book that is both visionary and practical.

New Podcast Launching January 2026: End-to-End Strategy Execution

To expand on the book’s insights and foster ongoing dialogue about improving organizational outcomes, Ulrich and Bowman are launching a new podcast titled End-to-End Strategy Execution. Starting in January 2026, the podcast will offer leaders, practitioners, planners, and innovators a dynamic platform to explore why execution fails across sectors—and how to reverse that trend. Each episode dives into real-world experiences, discusses organizational blind spots, and highlights overlooked connections between strategy, architecture, planning, and deployment. It will feature guest experts and practical guidance for leaders seeking to break cycles undermining execution. Like the book, the podcast aims to elevate strategy execution conversations and empower organizations with needed guidance.

A New Era of Strategic Clarity and Execution

With the book’s release and companion podcast launch, Ulrich and Bowman offer a much-needed resource for today’s leaders. Their work provides not just a roadmap, but a call to action: encouraging organizations to rethink strategy approaches, align cross-functional decision-making, and ensure transformation efforts deliver meaningful outcomes.

For more details about End-to-End Strategy Execution: From Inception Through Solution Deployment (including content overviews and free previews), visit the official landing page at: . The book will be available for purchase directly via Routledge, plus major booksellers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, independent stores, and select global retailers.