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December 21, 2009

Getting a handle on your exposure to over-leveraged customers

My colleague and co-author, Ian MacMillan has been doing a fair amount of work to help companies anticipate when their customers could be dangerously over-leveraged.  He’s developed a remarkably simple analytical tool that will allow… Read more »

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December 16, 2009

Paul Volcker’s critique of how our financial system has evolved

In a fascinating interview published in the Wall Street Journal, Paul Volcker lights into those who advocate for a continuation of the financial system that resulted in a spillover to the real economy, creating the… Read more »

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December 1, 2009

Small businesses worried about health care costs

Earlier this year, I was highly privileged to be a keynote speaker for Tech Columbus, an organization that supports innovation and business growth in the Columbus, Ohio area.  While I was there, I met Pam… Read more »

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November 20, 2009

Why companies can develop adversarial relationships with customers

A reporter recently asked me to comment on why some companies seem to develop adversarial relationships with their customers.  I found that a really interesting question. Adversarial relationships between customers and companies that serve them… Read more »

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November 13, 2009

Resources for those (congratulations!) tagged with starting an innovation unit

Over at my Harvard Publishing Online blog I had posted about starting a new venture unit within a firm.  Among the responses I received were requests for additional resources for those lucky people who are… Read more »

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October 27, 2009

Business Education and many other links to very cool blogs

A colleague was kind enough to send me the link to a blog web site which itself has terrific links for people interested in business.  In addition to the blogs I post on, such as… Read more »

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October 10, 2009

Flexibility is at a premium when things are highly uncertain

Recently, CK Prahalad wrote a very thought-provoking article that emphasizes how much value getting fixed costs and expensive assets to a minimum when things are highly volatile.  Recommended reading!

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September 26, 2009

Before we depend on the cloud, maybe it better be more like the airlines

I’m just back from an amazing conference – the Microsoft Global Chief Information Officer Summit in Seattle.  Which, since I’m based on the East Coast, involved a rather long couple of flights.  Now, today, nobody… Read more »

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September 14, 2009

Grabbing Lightning

Our good friends over at RPI (authors of the book Grabbing Lightning) have posted a great set of observations about how organizations can set up a system for truly breakthrough innovation.  Among the points they… Read more »

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August 13, 2009

Signs that it is time to re-evaluate that consultant

A reporter recently asked me to suggest some warning signs that it’s time to re-evaluate your business consultant.  Over the years, I’ve run across many consultants, some who were just terrific and some who really… Read more »

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August 10, 2009

Discount on upcoming Innovation Guru Webinar

For those of you who might be interested in the Management Roundtable’s Innovation Guru webinar series, I can offer you a discount, as one of their speakers.  Head on over to the events tab on… Read more »

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July 30, 2009

“Aligning the Organization for Growth” Discovery Driven Chapter now available

Harvard Business Publishing has released a chapterized version of the Aligning the Organization chapter from Discovery Driven Growth.  To purchase and download, click here.

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