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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 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

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

July 11, 2022

Boris Johnson, How the Powerful Escape Consequences and Jeff Pfeffer’s Fantastic Book

One of Pfeffer’s 7 rules of power is that “Success Excuses (almost) Everything:  Why This is the Most Important Rule of All.  Which perhaps explains why Britain’s Boris Johnson was able to hang onto power… Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Leadership, News Archives, Thought Sparks

June 28, 2022

You can’t tackle complex systems with linear thinking

As Daniel Kahnemann has pointed out to us, while the human brain is a remarkable organ, it also has its limitations. One of these is that it is built to conserve energy.  What that in turn… Read more »

Filed Under: Business School, Business Strategy, Competition, Complexity, Digital, Discovery Driven Planning, Growth, Growth Options / Real Options, Innovation, Leadership, Opportunities, Seeing Around Corners, Thought Sparks, Valize

June 22, 2022

Eyes glaze over when we talk about inflation? You’re not alone. But what you don’t know can hurt you.

Chart credit:  https://www.macrotrends.net/2497/historical-inflation-rate-by-year   For anybody born after about 1985, meaning most folks under 40, all this talk about inflation seems kind of old-timey.  Indeed, as Public Radio host Kai Ryssdal (citing a story in… Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Careers, Customer insight, Individuals, Seeing Around Corners, Thought Sparks

June 9, 2022

Thought Sparks Wrap Up – May 2022

Dear colleagues: It sure was nice to be back in person on our gorgeous new Columbia Business School campus.  My course on growth and change, called Leading Strategic Growth and Change received an evaluation of… Read more »

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

June 8, 2022

Who knew there is so much in common between the rare successes in mega-projects and innovation?

Photo: The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, designed by Frank Gehry   Bent Flyvbjerg studies spectacular mega-project flameouts.  I study (often) spectacular innovation mis-steps.  Who knew the process that produces both has so… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Growth, Innovation, Thought Sparks

June 3, 2022

Counting down Our Top Ten List of Discovery Driven Planning misses – Part 2 (5 through 1)

Through Valize, Ron Boire and I have been working with clients to use the tools we have developed to bring Discovery Driven Planning / Discovery Driven Growth to life. Although we’ve got years of experience… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Discovery Driven Planning, Seeing Around Corners, Thought Sparks, Valize

May 31, 2022

Counting down Our Top Ten List of Discovery Driven Planning misses – Part 1 (10 through 6)

Through Valize, Ron Boire and I have been working with clients to use the tools we have developed to bring Discovery Driven Planning / Discovery Driven Growth to life. Although we’ve got years of experience… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Discovery Driven Planning, Growth, Growth Options / Real Options, Leadership, Thought Sparks

May 10, 2022

Thought Sparks Wrap Up – April 2022

Dear colleagues: Just when you thought the world has learned the many lessons of discovery-driven planning, some huge, ambitious project gets shot down yet again – whether for business reasons or otherwise – and we… Read more »

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

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