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December 20, 2022

Rebuilding Ukraine: Huge opportunity, huge risks?

I’ve been asked to offer a public lecture for Ukraine by the DTEK Academy, the learning and development arm of one of the country’s leading energy providers.  As we bring 2022 to a close, I… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Insights and ideas, Seeing Around Corners, Strategy Execution, Thought Sparks

December 15, 2022

Thought Sparks Wrap Up – November 2022

Discover This!  A collection of ideas to spark your thinking, by Rita McGrath November Happenings  After a two-year wait, I finally made it to Dublin to attend the Business Excellence Institute’s awards gala, at which… Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Innovation, Insights and ideas, Leadership, Thought Sparks

December 13, 2022

Remembering Frances Hesselbein

When leadership coach and major award winner Marshall Goldsmith describes you as the greatest leader he has ever met, that’s saying something. Frances Hesselbein was one of the last of a generation that included Peter… Read more »

Filed Under: Thought Sparks, Women's leadership

December 7, 2022

Early warnings of a fading competitive advantage

As the world begins to open up and I’m back on the speaking circuit, a question I get asked again and again is how one can tell when a once-robust competitive advantage is starting to… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Competition, Discovery Driven Planning, Seeing Around Corners

November 29, 2022

A few reflections from the Global Peter Drucker Forum

I’ve always had an affection for the writing of the late Peter Drucker.  His legacy is honored by the annual gathering of the Global Peter Drucker Forum, and there are always some nuggets of wisdom… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Growth Options / Real Options, Insights and ideas, Leadership, Opportunities, Thought Sparks

November 15, 2022

Lying – or at least not telling the whole truth – as a business model comes to haunt Meta

When a major inflection point passes through, institutions and the environment take a long time to catch up. But when they do, the consequences can be swift. Facebook’s current troubles illustrate this  principle. Source:  https://thewire.in/film/the-social-dilemma-netflix-media-review… Read more »

Filed Under: Insights and ideas, Technology, Thought Sparks

November 8, 2022

We had the Jetsons in 1962 – and autonomous driving is still out of reach

Gradually, then suddenly.  That’s the line that I borrowed from Ernest Hemingway to describe the progress of strategic inflection points.  They brew along for a long time – sometimes decades – before finally breaking through…. Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation, Insights and ideas, Thought Sparks

November 1, 2022

What does Ford’s decision to drop Argo AI Mean for autonomous driving?

Big flashy billion-dollar investments. Leaders optimistically pronouncing totally unrealistic launch dates. Geeky engineers becoming the darlings of the moment. Yes, the story of Ford’s foray into autonomous cars has it all! The autonomous driving bubble… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Innovation, Innovation Flops, Insights and ideas

October 25, 2022

Simultaneous discovery – or the sincerest form of flattery? Board Committee research

Two topics here – how to get Boards focused on science and technology for the long term, and how good ideas can get … um … discovered? Image Source The difference a special Board committee… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Discovery Driven Planning, Growth, Growth Options / Real Options, Leadership, Seeing Around Corners

October 18, 2022

The skills we aren’t taught, and how you can expand your leadership through leveraging them

Our leadership models are changing – from command and control to questioning and discovery. You can learn to develop these skills and improve your capability as a leader.  How do you sustain your competitive advantage… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Growth, Growth Options / Real Options, Insights and ideas, Thought Sparks

October 11, 2022

When The Mothership Doesn’t Want It

You would think that after funding and supporting people to develop innovative new ideas, that the parent corporation would want to take advantage of launching them.  Nope. Markets are full of concepts that didn’t fit… Read more »

Filed Under: Growth, Innovation, Leadership, Seeing Around Corners, Thought Sparks

October 4, 2022

Taking a discovery driven approach to internal projects

The first step of discovery driven planning lies in specifying what success looks like. For for-profit projects, this usually takes the form of a level of growth or enhanced profitability.  But there are many kinds… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Growth, Growth Options / Real Options, Opportunities, Seeing Around Corners, Thought Sparks

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