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Transient Advantage

August 17, 2021

We need to talk about five mechanisms to avoid future catastrophe.

Humans are surprisingly adaptive creatures – many of the changes wrought by the pandemic would have been unthinkable in an earlier era.  And yet, we’re also remarkably blind to changes happening right under our noses. … Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Business Strategy, Seeing Around Corners, Strategy Dynamics, Transient Advantage

July 20, 2021

The Lesson of the Direct to Consumer Revolution: Strategy 101 still matters

Every so often a new business model, often enabled by technology, takes the world by storm, attracts a lot of hype, eventually proves unable to live up to the headlines and disappears or becomes a… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Competition, Customer insight, Growth, Profitable Organic Growth, Strategy Dynamics, Transient Advantage

May 25, 2021

Strategy and the Resource Hostage Problem

The old watchword, “follow the money” will give you great insight into what really matters in any organization.  It will also show you where the most significant blockers to transformation are likely to be. If… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy Execution, Transient Advantage

April 16, 2021

Your business is already in trouble, you just haven’t noticed it yet

It’s always astonishing in hindsight, looking at a business that got itself into deep, dark, trouble, how many warning signs there were. ‘Tis the season, it seems for the retail apocalypse to shutter once-beloved brands… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Strategy Dynamics, Transient Advantage

January 8, 2019

Decoding why digital is so disruptive

My colleague, Ryan P. McManus, is at CES this week and is much in demand for his perspective on why digital is so disruptive.  He traces the evolution of digital from its 4G impact on… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Digital, Innovation, Transient Advantage

May 2, 2017

This month’s newsletter-All about what’s going on in the #grocery store

It’s ironic – Whole Foods did a great job of teaching all of us that natural and organic are desirable. And for about 30 years, that created a strong, high-margin position for them in the… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Strategy Dynamics, Thought Sparks, Transient Advantage

June 21, 2016

Agony and ecstasy for young lawyers

For some time, I’ve suggested that law schools provide a cautionary tale for the rest of us.  With many graduates loaded down with big debt and with few prospects for taking jobs that actually require… Read more »

Filed Under: Academic Concerns, Thought Sparks, Transient Advantage

March 10, 2016

Staring down a disengagement decision at Yahoo!

Yahoo and its CEO of three years, Marissa Mayer, have been in the news a lot lately. While Yahoo’s checkered history and frequent changes in leadership have not done the company’s reputation any favors, it still… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Transient Advantage

September 27, 2015

Implications of the Unicorn Economy

In my most recent newsletter, I suggested that businesses would do well to anticipate the consequences of a valuation bubble bursting in Silicon Valley with so many private companies valued at more than a billion… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation, Opportunities, Thought Sparks, Transient Advantage

June 1, 2015

Looking forward to the mach49 Mothership Blitz on Friday

As someone who has spent much of my life watching organizations fall victim to what I call the ‘transient advantage‘ economy, I’ve always been puzzled that despite its obvious importance, large organizations do a lot more… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation, Innovation Flops, Profitable Organic Growth, Transient Advantage

April 29, 2015

Corporate entrepreneurship’s latest incarnation-the virtual startup

In this insightful blog post, Steve Sokol runs through the pluses and minuses of being part of a startup within a large corporation, what he calls a “virtual startup.”  The pluses are many – a… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Thought Sparks, Transient Advantage

November 1, 2014

Links to International Editions of End of Competitive Advantage

It’s gratifying to see that the ideas in The End of Competitive Advantage are starting to get traction in various parts of the world. Clicking on the links below should take you to the site… Read more »

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