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Are you struggling to make your company more agile? In my work with organizations in virtually every industry, I find that business agility – the ability to spot and capitalize on new [...]

I recently met with the leaders of a highly successful company. Sales growth, which had been strong for years, was headed into negative territory. They were desperate to find the next “big idea” [...]

Not long ago, I stood on a pier near Cape Canaveral, Florida and watched a SpaceX rocket launch. People were wearing SpaceX t-shirts and talking excitedly. SpaceX has brought the thrill back into [...]

In my work to help companies move faster on strategic opportunities, I hear stories like the following too often: “My team is excited about growing our business, but it’s soooooo slow getting [...]

Are Your Customers Changing Faster Than You Are?  If you are like most businesses these days, your customers’ behaviors and needs are evolving almost constantly. Sometimes the change is so [...]

Commoditization seems to be constantly nipping at our heels. Like gravity pulling us back to earth, natural forces tend to drive our products toward sameness with competitors over time. We’ve all [...]

In the past few years, Cisco, Coca-Cola, GE, IBM, MasterCard and other large companies have begun to launch “internal startups”—teams of employees who are sheltered from corporate rules and [...]

News came out this week that VW engineered its software to evade emissions tests. The vehicle can detect when it’s being tested, to reduce emissions to allowable levels. As soon as the test [...]

The Boy Scout motto is “Be prepared,” yet scouts pride themselves on carrying the bare minimum for a safe backpacking trip, and having multiple uses for each object they carry. In every business, [...]

If you’re in a business-to-business market, how well do you understand your customers’ needs?  How would you say those needs have evolved in the last twelve months? If you’re only using market [...]