Commentaries
Here is a brief excerpt from another brilliant article, in this instance co-authored by by Boris Ewenstein, Bryan Hancock, and Asmus Komm, for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources,…
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In Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price , Madhavan Ramanujam and Georg Tacke assert: “The most successful product innovators we know start by determining what the customer values [verb] and what they are willing to…
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In Door to Door, Edward Humes explores “the magnificent, maddening, mysterious world of transportation.” Many of those who read the book will be surprised by what he has to say about various myths and whether or not each is true.…
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In Play Bigger (HarperBusiness, June 2016), Al Ramadan, Dave Petterson, Christopher Lochhead, and Kevin Maney explain how and why “pirates, dreamers, and innovators create and dominate markets.” Category design is one of the key concepts that they examine. What is it?…
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In The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing, Michael J. Mauboussin rigorously examines a common mistake when making predictions: failing to recognize luck’s existence or miscalculating its influence, “and as a consequence we dwell too…
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In People Analytics in the Era of Big Data: Changing the Way You Attract, Acquire, Develop, and Retain Talent, Jean Paul Isson and Jesse S. Harriott suggest six questions that should be asked in order to develop the most effective…
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Here is an excerpt from a mini-commentary featured at the BOA/Merrill Lynch website. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * Women’s growing clout—as entrepreneurs, executives and consumers—is changing how companies do business and spurring economic growth…
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2. What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? 3. Three logicians walk into a bar. The bartender asks, “Do all of you want a drink?” The first logician says “I don’t know.” The second…
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How IDEO Designers Persuade Companies to Accept Change
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ashlea Powell for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…
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