Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

“Strategy is about shaping the future,” writes Max McKeown. There are five basic questions that strategy tries to answer: Where are we? Max McKeown has created a strategy reference work – The Strategy Book – to guide you to the answers. In a sense, strategy creates risk. Where do we want to go?

Strategy 280

Strategy Books Balanced Scorecard Mauborgne 280

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 7, 2011

HBR’s Ten Must Reads on Strategy Various contributors Harvard Business Press (2011) How to create “a unique and valuable position” by deciding what to do…and not do This volume is one of several in a new series of anthologies of articles that initially appeared in the Harvard Business Review, in this instance from 1960 until [.].

Review 85

Review Strategy Books Positioning 85

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

For decades, strategy gurus have been telling firms to differentiate. From Michael Porter to Costas Markides and through the Blue Oceans of Kim and Mauborgne, strategy scholars have been urging executives to distinguish their firm’s offerings and carve out a unique market position. Strategy'

McKinsey 11

McKinsey Mauborgne Competitive Advantage Porter 11