You’ve undoubtedly heard that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Reality check: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the SAME results is insane! The essence of good management …
Disruption theory, first advanced by Clayton Christensen in The Innovator’s Dilemma (HBS Press, 1997) has been taking a beating lately. Unfairly, in my opinion. Jill Lepore wrote a critical essay about it in the June 23, 2014 issue of The New …
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Crude oil prices are at near-record lows. Selling for $100 a barrel a little over a year ago, it is selling at this moment for $34.96 a barrel (West Texas Intermediate). On CNBC yesterday, hedge fund manager Jim Chanos said, …
The Volkswagen scandal has me thinking that objectives like “become the number one automaker in the world” or “earnings of $20 per share by 2015” are too common and too often substitute for strategy. Financial objectives like market share, profit, earnings …
Google’s announcement of its reorganization into Alphabet, Inc. was a surprise. Reaction has ranged from the complimentary to doomsday predictions. I think it is a brilliant strategic move that will help the company jump to the next S-Curve. More specifically, it …