This Is Beyond Budgeting

BJARTE BOGSNES is the Chairman of the Beyond Budgeting Roundtable, founder of Bogsnes Advisory, and a sought-after international business speaker and Beyond Budgeting coach. He led the implementation of this groundbreaking model at large European companies, including the energy giant Equinor, and has helped numerous companies globally get started on their journey. He is the winner of a Harvard Business Review/McKinsey Management Innovation award.

Foreword ix

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction 1

1 Initial Reflections 11

2 The Problem 19

3 Beyond Budgeting 27

4 Separate and Improve 41

5 Beyond Budgeting for Whom? 77

6 Agile Transformation 91

7 Handelsbanken 103

8 Implementation 123

9 What’s in It for the Bottom Line? 137

10 What’s in It for Me? 143

Epilogue 147

Index 149