First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 13, 2014

Peter Skarzynski is a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC. He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation.

Prahalad 93

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Drucker 93

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 28, 2014

Peter Skarzynski is a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC. He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. Bob''s blog entries Apple Brilliant Mistakes C.K.

Prahalad 75

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Wilde 75

Frank Sonnenberg Online

JUNE 20, 2019

Worse, if you ask for help and the person across from you stares back, tries to smile, but only manages something that indicates they need the bathroom. Who knows where these people come from, but it’s a market-driven profession, so buyer beware. When we move out of our core competency, we often feel vulnerable and weak.

Core Competence 88

Core Competence Uncertainty Learning-by-Doing Open-book 88

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 26, 2011

The process that started in the 1950’s evolved through various strategic analyses including SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats), Michael Porter’s competitive strategy model, core competencies, strategic intent and business transformation. Afterlife: Fortune Magazine Contributor, Wannabe Novelist. Leadership.

Strategic Planning 100

Strategic Planning Planning CEO SWOT 100

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Enjoy these cartoons from the April issue of HBR, and test your management wit in the HBR Caption Contest. If we choose your caption as the winner, you will be featured in an upcoming magazine issue and win a free Harvard Business Review Press book. “Did you see a cocktail napkin with our entire marketing campaign on it? .

Core Competence 8

Core Competence Magazine Audience Review 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2011

B&N is moving boldly into this future in four ways that hold lessons for any company facing a troubled core: Competing with its legacy business: Rather than swim against the e-book tide, B&N has embraced the inevitable with its Nook readers. Many companies don't manage to make the leap.

Strategy 15

Strategy Retail Long-term Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. Over the past two decades, we’ve led dozens of innovation projects and have talked to thousands of managers about the challenge of building a high-performance innovation “engine.”

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8