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March 30, 2021

A New Social Contract? Part 3: So Many Policies, So Little Space!

Welcome to part 3 of a three-part series, looking at the likelihood of a fundamental transformation of the basic social contract in the United States, along the lines of Roosevelt’s New Deal. D x V… Read more »

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

February 27, 2021

A New Social Contract? Part 2: Reaching for a Vision

Welcome to part 2 of a three-part series, looking at the likelihood of a fundamental transformation of the basic social contract in the United States, reflecting Roosevelt’s New Deal. The framework combines two uncertainties to… Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Business Strategy, Innovation, Insights and ideas, News Archives, Strategy Execution, Thought Sparks

January 29, 2021

A New Social Contract? Part 1: Defining the Issues

Back in March of 2020, I applied the techniques from “Seeing Around Corners” to what kind of economic and social future we might anticipate post-pandemic.  One of the scenarios I outlined was a return to… Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Case Studies and Applications, Insights and ideas, News Archives, Thought Sparks

December 23, 2020

What Now? The Board Agenda for 2021

“What’s next” is the question on everyone’s mind. The reality is, we don’t – and can’t – know for sure.  What we can do is articulate our best hypotheses and assumptions and then pay close… Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Business Strategy, Innovation, Insights and ideas, Strategy Execution, Thought Sparks, Women's leadership

November 23, 2020

Steering Your Organization is Like Flying a Kite!

When speed and agility are at a premium, having a well-aligned operating model is absolutely crucial.  Having one that doesn’t depend on constant reinforcement by leadership is even better!  And yet, many leaders struggle with… Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Business Strategy, News Archives, Strategy Execution, Thought Sparks

October 28, 2020

Unanticipated Consequences of a Potential Baby Bust

Although the early warning signs that an inflection point is on the way are often detectable years, even decades, in advance, trying to time most inflection points is incredibly frustrating.  Not so with demographics.  In… Read more »

Filed Under: Academic Concerns, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Case Studies and Applications, Insights and ideas, Thought Sparks

September 24, 2020

Newsletter Anniversary Edition – Not A Moment Too Soon!

Seeing Around Corners: Anniversary Edition – Not a Moment too Soon! Hard as it is to believe it, Seeing Around Corners celebrated its first anniversary on September 3rd and even I could not have predicted… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Event Announcements, Thought Sparks

July 27, 2020

Team Effectiveness in a World Turned Virtual

Productively managing groups of human beings who have to produce some kind of joint output was tough enough in the “before times.”  Today, it’s exponentially harder, with issues compounded by the reality that many of… Read more »

Filed Under: Insights and ideas, Thought Sparks

May 14, 2020

Designing Business Experiments

As the COVID crisis drags on, casting us all into the world of having to make assumptions, rather than being able to rely on facts, a question I get a lot is how to design… Read more »

Filed Under: Insights and ideas, Thought Sparks

April 18, 2020

Hello, Uncertainty!

Like so many of us, I had a well-crafted plan for what I’d be doing right about now.  In between traveling, speaking, and teaching at Columbia, I’d work on picking a sector of the economy… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Discovery Driven Planning, Insights and ideas, Thought Sparks

March 20, 2020

Thoughts in the Midst of an Inflection Point

Well, as this is the month of International Women’s Day, I was planning to create a newsletter on some of the major inflection points with respect to women in the world.  It’s written, but just… Read more »

Filed Under: Insights and ideas, Thought Sparks

January 20, 2020

Shopped Out? Holiday Shopping and How It Has Changed

The packages have been unwrapped, the ribbons have been undone, and the unwanted presents have been re-gifted or returned.  How has the current state of the art with respect to holiday shopping unfolded, and what… Read more »

Filed Under: Insights and ideas, Thought Sparks

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