When a brand rework is masterfully When a brand rework is masterfully executed, there can be a hint of the familiar that positively resonates with existing consumers, and enough difference to attract …
How to Earn Employees Who Will Walk through Fire for You
Who’s the best boss you ever had? Think about it for a moment. What made this leader such a standout, and what did they do to earn your trust and appreciation? You respected them, but not because …
People Lead People
Hiring is hard. Hiring the right people—those who will excel—is even harder. What’s so difficult about creating a list of job-specific skills? Nothing. But identifying those qualities that translate …
Did Your Strategy Write a Check Your Business Model Couldn’t Cash?
There’s almost nothing more discouraging than watching a business strategy fail in spectacular fashion. At first, there’s only denial: This can’t be right. Let’s give it a chance to work. Just a …
The Failure-Curious Culture
Atychiphobia is the clinical term for an individual’s fear of failure. It leads to a “constricted lifestyle” and reluctance to “attempt certain activities.” But what about organizational fear of …
Disrupting Yourself is Your Key to Opportunity
Back in the 1990s, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen coined the phrase “disruptive innovation” to describe those huge shifts in the market that we’ve all come to accept as the new …