Strategy And Planning Are Both Essential … But Don’t Confuse Them Planning is essential, but alone it leads to sameness and stagnation. True growth requires a clear vision, thoughtful strategy, and then planning to execute.
Why Investors And Consultants Create A Sea Of Sameness In today’s volatile business environment, activist investors and management consultants often push companies toward sameness through benchmarking. This article explores how leaders can resist this pressure and instead embrace unique strategies that drive real innovation and sustainable growth.
When Championing Innovation, Don’t Pitch the Upside From electric cars to streaming services, economic uncertainty is driving many companies to tap the brakes on major growth initiatives that were seen as top priorities until recently. The real challenge may lie in innovation leaders’ inability to account for two fundamental dynamics of human psychology.
How Leaders Get Tricked Into Focusing on the Wrong Problems Fixing the Now is fine. But not at the expense of creating the Next. Every day, thousands of very smart people at excellent companies devote vast amounts of time and energy to tasks that feel important but really aren’t.
What Every Company Can Learn From Apple’s AI Strategy Apple finally threw its hat into the ring of artificial intelligence. Apple’s approach isn’t a copycat of Microsoft or Google. Its entry got the important things right.
Why Companies Are Slashing Prices But Failing To Create Value Consumers’ perception of value extends far beyond price. Creating value requires companies to have a keen understanding of the explicit and implicit needs they solve for customers; seeing how those needs are evolving and solving them in new and compelling ways.
