Leading Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2015

That's why a business leader is accountable first to customers, because they hold all the cards, and that's why when they pursue a business opportunity, they place investment in talent first, product innovation second, and business model third. Careers can be short or long. Repeating success is about the journey.

Productivity 150

Productivity Products Succession Team 150

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I believe the behavior of strategy tourists offer us a very useful career guide. Compromise over the important company issues, but dig in and fight forever over smaller topics that are important for you and your career. Learn to identify other tourists and bond as hard as you can. The Emerging Strategy of Innovative Service.

Strategy 58

Strategy Strategic Planning Porter Simon 58

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

If communities of origin and growth are bonded by perceptions of sameness, communities of aspiration are held together by the differences between their members. The company issued innovation challenges related to its strategic plan. A third example is PwC iMarket, an innovation initiative launched in 2013.

Innovation 8

Innovation Diversity Bond Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In 1993, Apple distributed $273 million in buybacks and $56 million in dividends, even as profits plunged from $530 million to $87 million, compelling the company to do a $297 million long-term bond issue in 1994. Yet these careers and the returns that they can generate are not guaranteed. Social innovation. Employee incentives.

Innovation 10

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 10