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.
Is It Time to Rethink Your Innovation Strategy? While most large companies have an established approach to innovation, few have one that really works—or one that will get them to their next phase of growth. In this article, Dev Patnaik discusses how leaders can fundamentally rethink their innovation strategy based on their unique strengths and limitations.
Why Business Model Transformations Fail and How to Get It Right A whopping 98% of CEOs say that they need to overhaul their business model in the next three years, but most transformations fail. This article explains why—and how to successfully unlock a business model that is unique to you and is future-focused.
The Year of Reconnecting: Growing Strong and Weak Ties Years spent communicating remotely and being glued to our smartphones have left many of us hyper-focused on the present. To reconnect with ourselves and our place in the world, we can start by cultivating our strong and weak ties.
