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Don’t Let Your Company Get Trapped by Success

Harvard Business Review

In today’s dynamic business environment, leaders of large established companies need more than ever to run and reinvent the business at the same time. In order to execute effective strategies for unpredictable and malleable environments, companies need to build new adaptive and shaping capabilities. Our research shows that U.S.

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Which MBAs Make More: Consultants or Small-Business Owners?

Harvard Business Review

Of course, being a small firm CEO doesn’t appeal to everyone so the decision turns, as we think it should, on whether you appreciate and will thrive in a small business environment.

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Is Your Business Biased Against Innovation?

Strategy Driven

Many conventional metrics we use to estimate value are based on faulty assumptions. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point. With Discovery-Driven Growth , Rita and Ian offer managers everywhere a time-tested blueprint for planning and executing a strategic growth agenda with confidence – in any market.