Future Capability Planning in Action: Bosch’s Acquistion of Battery-maker Seeo

If you’re not going to follow up your long-term strategic planning with future capability planning, don’t even bother starting

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Practical Strategy Lessons From Jimmy Carter, Jason Day And Donald Trump

when to over-invest in must win situations, when to adjust as appropriate to keep on things track, and when to walk away

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How You Must Change Your Strategic Approach Given Emerging Ecosystems

The evolution of strategic advantage has changed from tracks to pipes and now to platforms. In the old old days, the people that made all the real money didn’t own…

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Why Target’s Promotion of its CFO to COO Foreshadows its Demise

Target is promoting CFO John Mulligan to COO. On the one hand, he probably deserves it and this is the most common path to becoming a Fortune 500 CEO. As…

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Overachievers And Underachievers: Feed One. Starve The Other.

you can help people achieve and over-achieve – but only if they’ve got it in them to start with. If they don’t, move on.

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How David Taylor Should Manage His Own Onboarding as Procter & Gamble’s New CEO

David Taylor’s challenges as Procter & Gamble’s new CEO would be particularly acute. He would need to complete the next steps of P&G’s “shrink to grow” turn-around by reducing the…

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