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September 29, 2022

What’s the difference between a methodology and a terrorist?

We took the Valize team on the road to attend this exclusive, high-level event.  Here are a few snippets.   You can negotiate with a terrorist!   Ivar Jacobson was referring to the tendency for… Read more »

Filed Under: Digital, Fun, Leadership, Opportunities, Seeing Around Corners, Thought Sparks

September 23, 2022

When Business Cases Teach the Wrong Lessons

Jeffrey Pfeffer, in his great book “The 7 Rules of Power” declares that “success excuses (almost) everything.”  Success also determines which stories about the origins of that success get told and which headlines are buried. … Read more »

Filed Under: Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Case Studies and Applications, Discovery Driven Planning, Growth, Growth Options / Real Options, Innovation Flops, Strategy Execution

September 20, 2022

The Strategic Management Society’s CK Prahalad Award for Scholarly Impact on Practice

In a delightful – and unexpected – turn of events, I’m going to be traveling to London to receive the Strategic Management Society’s CK Prahalad Award for scholarly impact on practice on September 17.  These… Read more »

Filed Under: Careers, Leadership, Seeing Around Corners, Women's leadership

September 6, 2022

Think everybody has a positive view of creativity? Think again!

Of course, we believe that creativity is a universally great thing – thinking otherwise is like dismissing hope or truth! In his conversational, approachable book, New York Times Pulitzer Prize winning author Matt Richtel takes… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Careers, Complexity, Friday Fireside Chat, Growth, Individuals, Leadership, Thought Sparks

August 30, 2022

How’s your teaming going?

The traditional model of how teams progress goes by stages – forming, storming, norming and performing. While it’s easy to remember, teams today don’t necessarily follow that model. They’re dispersed, virtual, temporary and potentially remote…. Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Business School, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Careers, Discovery Driven Planning, Leadership, Opportunities, Seeing Around Corners

August 23, 2022

A Conversation with EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Stephen Bailey

Source: https://medium.com/authority-magazine/stephen-bailey-of-execonline-5-steps-we-must-take-to-truly-create-an-inclusive-representative-ed63b5576844 It isn’t just anyone who can run an organization that has an impact on tens of thousands of leaders in over 100 countries, but ExecOnLine co-founder Stephen Bailey is that person. Prompted by a… Read more »

Filed Under: Business School, Business Strategy, Individuals, Seeing Around Corners

August 16, 2022

Three Kinds of Competition to Have on Your Radar

In traditional strategic thinking, beating the competition, by finding an attractive position in an attractive industry, is the name of the game. An updated perspective suggests you need to be paying attention to at least… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Case Studies and Applications, Discovery Driven Planning, Friday Fireside Chat, Growth, Seeing Around Corners, Thought Sparks

August 9, 2022

Networking with a Master

Keith Ferrazzi’s work on how people become successful is all about relationships.  He’s written 4 books, which arc from person-to-person relationships and building a personal network to his latest in which he looks at the… Read more »

Filed Under: Careers, Thought Sparks

August 2, 2022

How LEGO used Agile Principles to Accelerate Innovation

Source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCXMx7RcZ5I   Agile methods – in which work is done in parallel by cross-functionally staffed teams – has been the subject of a lot of hype. How refreshing, then, to discover examples of firms… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Growth, Growth Options / Real Options, Leadership, Opportunities, Seeing Around Corners

July 26, 2022

Flywheels vs. Relationships – Why your business architecture matters to your initial marketing plan

In developing an initial marketing plan, it is crucial not to be confused about what kind of business architecture you are building in order to establish your initial metrics for success. Geoffrey Moore has a great… Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Business Strategy, Growth, Innovation, Insights and ideas, Leadership, Opportunities, Seeing Around Corners

July 19, 2022

From Funnels to Flywheels

Traditional sales organizations used the concept of a sales “funnel” to describe the process through which potential customers move, ending up with sales at the end. Winners today have abandoned that way of thinking in… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Case Studies and Applications, Seeing Around Corners

July 12, 2022

7 Ways to Take Smart Career Risks: Lessons from Sharon Price John, CEO of Build-A-Bear Workshop

Fear is one of the great barriers to career advancement. Sharon Price John’s fabulous career is full of lessons on how to get past those fears and get out of your own way. Being afraid… Read more »

Filed Under: Business School, Careers, Customer insight, Friday Fireside Chat, Growth, Growth Options / Real Options, Innovation, Leadership, Seeing Around Corners, Thought Sparks, Women's leadership

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