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"Lifing" the Summer Away

August 26, 2010

I killed my company to find my life. Yes, I led a multi-million dollar consulting company that I loved. I loved the CEOs and leaders I worked with. I loved …

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The Critic Must Die

April 12, 2010July 15, 2011

When product lines fail, product managers feel responsible. When children steal, parents often feel like they haven’t taught ethics and self-control well. When a business team doesn’t want to work …

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Reinvention Really Sucks

April 8, 2010July 15, 2011

To all those leaders I have worked with to reinvent their companies, you can now smack me. Hard. Forget that Reinvention is the right thing and all that other crap …

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Standing on dot of ted dot com!

November 5, 2009June 21, 2011

Nilofer Sent via blackberry.

The 5 Structural Elements of Strategy: Decision-Making

July 28, 2008June 21, 2011

Strategy has 5 Structural Elements – power distribution, decision-making, idea generation, ideas, process and people. Miss tuning one and you’ll fail. Add items that don’t blend and you’ll fail. Decision-Making …

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The 5 Structural Elements of Strategy: Power Distribution

July 23, 2008

Strategy has 5 Structural Elements – power distribution, decision-making, idea generation, ideas, process and people. Miss tuning one and you’ll fail. Add items that don’t blend and you’ll fail. Power …

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The Missing Strategic Ingredient

July 21, 2008

Part of the difficulty in strategy creation is the temptation to direct rather than ask open-ended questions. When the C-suite sends a directive telling people to head in a certain …

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Strategy Failure = Strategy Creation Process Gone Awry

July 18, 2008

We’ve all seen it – the company that makes a play for new customers and finds they’ve targeted incorrectly. The product launch that fizzles. A big rebranding move that ends …

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