
Are Your Strategies Actually Tactics?
A dog chasing its tail. That’s the image that came to mind whenever Martin thought of his employer – a regional retail chain clearly behind
A dog chasing its tail. That’s the image that came to mind whenever Martin thought of his employer – a regional retail chain clearly behind
On my way home from the office every day, I drive past a shopping center. Because I’m always curious (okay, nosy) about why businesses succeed
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
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
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
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
“But we’ve always done it this way.” 7 little words. So harmless individually, but put them together and what do you have? A recipe for
I once knew a guy named Danny. He managed restaurants and made around $50,000 a year. Because he was frugal and inherited a mortgage-free house,
If I hear the word “data-driven” once more today, I might just lose it. Don’t get me wrong. You need access to relevant analytics. You
“Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm, but
I’d like to make a prediction (a safe one). Are you ready? Okay, here goes. I predict that more prediction—predictive analytics, that is—is just around
Organizational transformation is hard. In other news, water is wet, and Google rules the world. Tell me something I don’t already know, right? Okay, I’ll
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