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People Are the Puck

Harvard Business Review

The Great One's well-known words are often repeated in corporate corridors during discussions about understanding market trends. This is often the reason why thoughtful quantitative analysis that incorporates macro-economic trends, market share, competitive strategies, retail analysis and technological assessments so often misses the mark.

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A More Effective Board of Directors

Harvard Business Review

We found that boards tend to progress from good-to-great along a four-phase continuum: 1) foundational, 2) developed, 3) advanced, and 4) strategic. The continuum essentially represents a corporate hierarchy of needs, akin to the famous personal-development hierarchy created by psychologist Abraham Maslow.