The Upside of Turbulence: Seizing Opportunity in an Uncertain World

Donald Sull responds to an especially important question: “How can I recognize a golden opportunity from fools gold?”

November 19, 2012

Here is a brief portion from material on Donald Sull‘s website. To check out a wealth of resources, please click here. * * * In terms of knowing whether an opportunity is as golden as it seems, below are some…

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Simple Rules for a Complex World

September 13, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Donald Sull and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt 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 click here.…

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John Donovan (AT&T) in “The Corner Office”

January 1, 2012

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of John Donovan, the chief technology…

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Common, potentially valuable anomalies that most executives don’t recognize

December 20, 2011

I agree with Donald Sull that most executives either do not recognize or ignore anomalies and even when they’re pointed out, the same executives underestimate their potential importance. True, they are easy to miss. Sull suggests that “the human mind is…

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The early-warning signals of active inertia

December 14, 2011

In one of the most valuable business books written in recent years, The Upside of Turbulence: Seizing Opportunity in an Uncertain World published by HarperBusiness, Donald Sull describes what he characterizes as active inertia: “the tendency of well-established organizations to…

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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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