Month: August 2015
R “Ray” Wang is the Principal Analyst and CEO of Silicon Valley- based Constellation Research. He’s also the author of the popular business strategy and technology blog, “A Software Insider’s Point of View”. The blog provides insight into how disruptive…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by David Jacquemont for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. He explains how applying lean principles to management, rather than just operations, can help large organizations reimagine how they…
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Here is an excerpt from an article by Robert Becker for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * My home page expresses a bias for three powerful modes of instruction:…
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Creative Strategy Generation: Using Passion and Creativity to Compose Business Strategies That Inspire Action and Growth Bob Caporale McGraw-Hill (2015) “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter Throughout the last several decades, I have been…
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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 Kevin E. Lofton chief executive…
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Spirals: The Whirled Image in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art Nico Israel Columbia University Press (2015) How and why the spiral may well be the defining image, symbol, and metaphor for the early-21st century What’s with spirals? According to Nico Israel,…
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In this competitive marketplace, an organization’s ability to innovate by staying ahead of the competition and delivering products that command the market’s attention is more important than ever. As co-founder and chief operating officer of HGTV, Susan Packard was the…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Ewan Duncan and Ron Ritter for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They explain how and why Lean-production techniques have been revolutionizing operations for 50 years. Advances in…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Claus Benkert and Nick van Dam for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. Their thesis is that successful transformations demand new capabilities. To build them, experiential learning leverages…
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On Giving Back and Mentoring
Here is an excerpt from an article by Cheryl Yeoh for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * A few months ago, I received an email from the Lester Knight…
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