10 Steps to Build a Growth-Committed Culture

Over the past few years, I've been helping CEOs focus on corporate growth by creating effective strategies and developing strong cultures focused on the company's mission...Read More

Design Thinking is Not Just For Designers

When we talk about Apple's Competitive Advantage (CA), we're talking about what Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO, calls "design thinking"...Read More

What's Your Added Value?

Today, when so many products and services are viewed as similar commodities, it's more important than ever...Read More

Is Your Competitive Advantage An Unfair One?

From a strategic point of view, having a Competitive Advantage (CA) is something that every company seeks...Read More

Purpose-Driven Culture Drives Financial Success

Monique Reece shared valuable research findings on the impact of a culture on financial performance in an article...Read More

Managing Complexity: Less Is More

As I've noted in a prior blog entry, IBM does biennial studies of CEOs and two years ago found that innovation was no longer the top concern: managing complexity was...Read More

"Nothing Can Take"

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not: unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
-From Calvin Coolidge's Broadside distributed to employees of New York Life