{
  "id": 62012,
  "title": "The delivery spine: Why strategy alone does not deliver results",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/the-delivery-spine-why-strategy-alone-does-not-deliver-results",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-02T22:00:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2026-08-02-the-delivery-spine-why-strategy-alone-does-not-deliver-results/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Every year, governments, corporations and development institutions invest enormous effort in producing ambitious strategies. National Development Plans are launched. Corporate strategies are approved. Municipal Integrated Development Plans are adopted. Transformation programmes are announced. Infrastructure master plans are unveiled.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}