Month: September 2011

Roger Martin on Why You Can’t Analyze Your Way to Growth

September 30, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roger Martin for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please…

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How and Why Market Anomalies and Incongruities Can Reveal 10 Clues to Business Opportunity

September 30, 2011

Here is an excerpt from another oytstanding article that appears in strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. In it, Donald Sull shares his insights concerning how and why market anomalies and incongruities may point the way to the next…

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Dealing with Darwin: A book review by Bob Morris

September 30, 2011

Dealing with Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution Geoffrey A. Moore Portfolio/Penguin Group (2005) Those who have read one or more of Moore’s previous books (notably Inside the Tornado, Crossing the Chasm, and Living on…

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Inside the Tornado: A Book Review by Bob Morris

September 30, 2011

Inside the Tornado: Strategies for Developing, Leveraging, and Surviving Hypergrowth Markets Geoffrey A. Moore HarperBusiness (1995) Moore’s use of the “tornado” metaphor correctly suggests that turbulence of unprecedented magnitude has occurred within the global marketplace that the Internet and (especially)…

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Crossing the Chasm : A book review by Bob Morris

September 30, 2011

Crossing the Chasm Geoffrey A. Moore Harper Business (1991) In my opinion, Crossing the Chasm (1991) and Inside the Tornado (1995) are most valuable when read in combination. In fact, I strongly recommend that they be read at least once…

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Seven symptoms that a business is in danger

September 30, 2011

As globalization initiatives continue to increase in both scope and number, there is a corresponding increase of importance of business networks of relationships with suppliers, customers, strategic allies, government officials and their agencies, etc. Philip Lay and Geoffrey Moore are…

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3 Questions to Ask Before Adopting That Best Practice

September 30, 2011

  Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Best practices are alluring. If other companies have already determined the best…

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The Brand Gap: A book review by Bob Morris

September 29, 2011

The Brand Gap: How to Bridge the Distance Between Business Strategy and Design Marty Neumeier New Riders, Second Edition (2005) How to Become a “Brand Gap Guru” This is an expanded edition of a book first published in 2003. In…

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The Best Professional Advice I Ever Received

September 29, 2011

Here is an article written by Jeff Haden for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. *     *    …

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Joe’s Journal: The Three Dimensions of the Corporation

September 28, 2011

Here is the latest post by Joseph A. Maciariello featured in the Joe’s Journal series at the Drucker Exchange (Dx) sponsored by the Drucker Institute. The Drucker Exchange (the Dx) is a platform for bettering society through effective management and…

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