Last week at the Managing Partners’ Forum held on March 12 in London, Caspar de Bono of the Financial Times opened this high-level conference for leaders of professional services firms with an observation about the… Read more »
Thought Sparks
Davos CEO Session: Organizational Agility and Learning in a Complex World
The World Economic Forum has introduced a well-received innovation in their program lineup, what they call the CEO Series. These feature CEO’s as panelists and the audience consists of only CEO’s and similarly high-level folks… Read more »
Davos session: Future of International e-tailing
While in Davos, a panel on the future of international e-retailing was convened with representative CEO’s from major international logistics, supply chain and retail providers. The panel opened with the question of why international e-retailing… Read more »
Is your firm ready for a world of transient advantage? Please contribute to a new benchmark devised by Rita McGrath
I’ve been working with Richard Chaplin, Founder of the Managing Partners’ Forum, on an MPF survey that measures the extent to which different sectors are ready for a world of transient competitive advantage. The survey… Read more »
CVS and the decision to drop tobacco sales – savvy strategic repositioning?
CVS’s decision to stop offering tobacco products is an example of a company shifting its resources from cash-flow-generating, but declining businesses into higher growth markets. Tobacco, although a cash cow for many retailers (and a… Read more »
MarketDrivenGrowth: Driving Organic Growth and Innovation
Bob Cooper, Academic Director and Senior Fellow at the Kellogg School of Management reviews The End of Competitive Advantage (“fabulous book”) and discusses the five internal barriers that leads to growth stagnation here.
Inc.: Is It Easy for Your Customers to Leave You?
You’ve heard of barriers to entry, but it’s barriers to exit that determine the strength of your business model, according to Rita Gunther McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School. What’s an exit barrier? Simply put,… Read more »
Heading to the World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos
Next week, the World Economic Forum will be having its annual meeting in snowy Davos, Switzerland. I’m honored to be one of the subject matter experts they have invited to moderate sessions, offer challenges and… Read more »
Talk about industries competing with industries: PC’s versus weddings
Heard an interesting story on the radio the other day. An author (wish I wrote down his name) was being interviewed about a project he’s working on that involves understanding the financial lives of Americans. … Read more »
The Future of Enterprise: Panel at the Thinkers50 Event
The final panel of the “education” day at the Thinkers50 management event in London on November 11 followed on panels debating the future of management education and the future of work. This one was called… Read more »
The Future of Work: Panel at the Thinkers50 Event
Stuart Crainer of the Thinkers50 moderated a dream panel of people to comment on where “work” is going, including my dear friend Lynda Gratton (who just won an HR lifetime achievement award!), Amy Edmondson, Tammy Erickson and… Read more »
The Future of Business Education – Panel at the Thinkers50 Event
Des Dearlove of the Thinkers50 chaired an amazing panel on November 11, 2013 entitled “The Future of Business Education”. It was sponsored by Dean Santiago Iniguez of the IE business school, and featured as panelists… Read more »