An innovation is more important than the promise
Failure and innovation go hand in hand. A corporate culture that allows for appropriate risk and failure is a culture that allows for innovation. When the currency of the business is promises kept...
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The profitable side of creativity
Highly creative companies like Disney, Apple, Nike, Chrysler and consumer-goods upstart Method all reported increases in profitability in 2012. Their mutual strong performance and growth were all...
View ArticleWhat’s in Pete Valenti’s innovation arsenal for you?
In studies by the Product Development Management Association (PDMA), only one of every nine new product concepts becomes a commercial success. How do you increase the odds in your favor? Take a cue...
View ArticleIs design thinking missing in your corporate DNA?
Design thinking is experiencing a renaissance of late. This methodology of solving problems with the end user in mind has always been around in one form or another. It is where divergent thinking and...
View ArticleStrategic frontiers: The starting point for innovative growth
Editor’s note: This excerpt is reproduced with permission from Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., publishers of Strategy & Leadership magazine. When CEOs recognize the need for adding new value to...
View ArticlePrevent M&A heartburn
Ten years is a long time to suffer from indigestion. But that’s just what the GM of a Hong Kong company says happened to him in the decade that followed his company’s several hundred million dollar...
View ArticleTransformation through the supply chain
It is easy for most executives to recite road warrior stories. They almost always include an airline in their tale. Bad service, baggage headaches, delays, airport congestion, prices. Now there is...
View ArticleStrategy Innovation Starts With Great Questions
Listening to Irene Britt talk about strategy innovation you realize that for her it all comes down to one thing — questions and answers. Britt has spent her career taking on the tough challenges,...
View ArticleThe Ticker
HomeAway, a vacation rental service has grown to a $2.6 billion global company through 18 disciplined acquisitions, as well as organic growth. In finding targets for buys, the Austin, Texas-based...
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Strategy implementation by the numbers
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View ArticleTechnology’s Role in Strategy Innovation
From the beginning, Nike has been aggressive. The company was founded by a former University of Oregon runner and his track coach, a man who was so focused on winning that he built shoes for his...
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What is the North Star for your strategic planning?
Strategic planning is an evolving process. Just as our products and services have changed over time, so too have the ways we sell, foster growth and anticipate challenges. The economic crisis of 2008...
View ArticleBusiness strategy and building buy-in
A fluke of construction may have given us the perfect example of what a great business strategy can do for you. There’s a spot in Newport Beach, Calif. that’s loved by bodysurfers. It’s called The...
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Indispensability
Consumer industries have long known the secret to capturing and retaining customers: offer the best products and services for the price. Anyone who has ever owned a luxury vehicle no longer wants to...
View ArticleDefining Success
When Horst Rittel and Melvin M. Webber coined the concept of wicked problems in 1973, they were largely talking about policy issues — however they might as well have been referring to modern...
View ArticleMindset of Well-Being in Healthcare Organizations
To pull off population health, no matter your geography, everyone in the continuum — executives, physicians, the clinical support staff, administrative workers, and ultimately the patient — must be...
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Suite Success
For Ritz-Carlton, white glove customer service isn’t just a plus, it’s essential to their bottom line. When Steve Jobs was in the throes of conceiving how the now iconic Apple Stores would look and...
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Arm your arsenal
What if you pursued the art of strategy much like the art of war, instead of approaching it as an arduous exercise? Imagine the thrill of identifying competitive weapons — unique assets that provide...
View ArticleThe Power of Coordinated Action
Extraordinary success is accomplished when multiple people working on a multitude of tactical objectives toward a common goal are able to coordinate their actions — and pull in the same direction —...
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Writing the Book on Transformational Change
Every company and industry goes through transformational change, if for no other reason than society and industries are always changing. Nothing ever stays the same. But companies should want to go...
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