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Read moreCEOs Should Think Like Founders, Not Just Managers
TodUdom/iStock In 2001 the list of companies with the highest market caps was dominated by blue chips. General Electric, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Walmart, and CitiGroup — all were businesses led by managers who were experts in efficiency and...
Read moreYour Strategy Should Be a Hypothesis You Constantly Adjust
Jonathan Knowles/Getty Images The widely accepted view that strategy and execution are separable activities sets companies up for failure in a fast-paced world. One of us (Paul) is a strategy scholar and economist; the other (Amy) studies...
Read moreGood Strategy Execution Requires Balancing 4 Tensions
Daniel Grizelj/Getty Images Putting strategy into practice is notoriously difficult. In our experience, the primary obstacle to strategy execution is a failure to balance the inherent tensions that characterize any major execution effort...
Read moreClose the Gap Between Designing and Delivering a Strategy That Works – SPONSOR CONTENT FROM BRIGHTLINE
Strategy has little value until it is implemented. In a world where disruption can happen overnight, moving rapidly from strategy design to delivery is critical. Yet too many companies go only halfway, putting their best resources into design —...
Read moreClosing the Strategy-Execution Gap Means Focusing on What Employees Think, Not What They Do
Craig White/Unsplash When you embark on a new strategic journey to sustain and grow your organization in an uncertain world, what do you prioritize? If you’re like most of the leaders we know, you start with organizational structure and...
Read moreHow Our Company Connected Our Strategy to Sustainability Goals
Simone Golob/Getty Images In a recent survey, Bain & Company found that just 2% of companies are successful in achieving their sustainability goals. While this can be disheartening, it doesn’t have to be this way. The company I lead...
Read moreNetflix and Why the Future of Streaming Looks Like Old-School TV
CSA Images/Printstock Collection Vetta/Getty Images Netflix hit the industry with some bombshell moves this month. First, it announced that it plans to spend $8 billion on original content next year (including on 80 new movies). This is far more...
Read more5 Ways to Help Employees Keep Up with Digital Transformation
The consumer packaged goods (CPG) landscape is in the midst of a significant shake-up. Coca-Cola recently reshuffled its leadership team to focus on growth, innovation, and digital. Unilever has acquired Dollar Shave Club, a young startup, for $1...
Read moreAre You Accurately Measuring Your Company’s Digital Strength?
There are few business leaders around the world not thinking about digital transformation in some shape or form. Whether improving omni-channel commerce or developing digital extensions to product lines, businesses are working out how to drive...
Read moreHow Leading Companies Build the Workforces They Need to Stay Ahead
The strategic underpinnings of most companies’ workforce plans should change dramatically as a result of technological innovation. Digital transformation, the industrial internet, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, robotics, machine...
Read moreUber’s New CEO Will Have to Win on Two Fronts Simultaneously
This week Uber took a major step toward righting the ship with the choice of Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO. To succeed, our research shows, he must address — at the same time — two large issues that are among the most challenging in business...
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