Maintaining fresh and clear strategic thinking is a crucial issue for CEOs and other managers in any organization. But leaders are pulled toward operational issues – matters relating to the here-and-now rather than the future. … Read More
Nuanced discussions around price and value are important to business success. It’s surprising therefore that most pricing deliberations quickly devolve into a simplistic lowest common dominator – price cutting. This occurs even when there’s no … Read More
Nonprofit organizations are facing a crisis globally. Services are in high demand, there’s a shortage of paid staff, support from donors is in decline and inflation is undercutting income. Nonprofits, however, have a superpower that … Read More
Businesses that fail to develop a strategic life typically fail to be competitive. If leaders don’t set aside time to develop strategy, day-to-day matters absorb all the attention, and the present overtakes the future. The … Read More
When I was in my teens, Kevin, my brother-in-law, explained how stainless steel was invented. Like many of the world’s most useful products, it wasn’t so much invented as stumbled upon in a happy accident … Read More
The sentiment comes through as a consistent complaint from CEOs. It sounds like this: “What we lack in this organization is strategic thinkers” or “It’s hard to get the executive team to think strategically” or … Read More
In May, Italy hit the panic button when the Pope joined the country’s Prime Minister in calling for Italians to have more babies. The country’s low birthrate is now threatening Italy’s economic future. It’s not … Read More
Over the last three years, management practices have shifted from proactive to reactive. For example, fine-dining restaurants are now producing takeaway meals, and medical practices are providing “telehealth” to treat patients online. These innovations began … Read More
Managers use the terms, “strategy” and “strategic” a surprisingly large number of times and in a wide variety of contexts. We hear terms like “HR strategy” or “strategic marketing.” It pops up everywhere, with “IT … Read More
In this work from anywhere age, CEOs and senior managers are facing a fresh and urgent challenge to prevent their organizations from splintering. If they fail to get this right executing strategy will become an … Read More