I was talking with a colleague the other day who said that in her experience, management retreats usually ended up at one of two extremes: either they were stellar and everyone loved them, or they were a disaster and peo ...
For a project I’m working on, I dug out my old copy of Blue Ocean Strategy. It’s a classic (and excellent) business book from way back in 2005, and the premise is simple: if you take the time to analyze your market, you ...
EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) is a concept put forward by Gino Wickman in his book, Traction, and it is popular with many leaders. It’s a framework for leadership that includes some very clear processes for assi ...
I've made the point for some time now that your culture should, ideally, be aligned with what drives your success. Lots of companies get lots of attention for how cool they are by having game rooms or beer taps, and that ...
I spoke this week to a group of leaders from organizations that value "tradition" quite highly. I, of course, was talking about some of the big changes in society (social media, the Millennials, decline of traditional ma ...
We've all heard the mantra, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast," but is it true? What exactly is the relationship between culture and strategy? I have argued that they are two sides of the same coin and that culture sh ...
This post was originally published on the Switch and Shift blog There’s a lot being written about organizational culture “eating strategy for lunch,” and I certainly understand the sentiment. Most of us have heard abo ...
I'm reading The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries, and I can't believe I haven't read it until now. It's the best business book I've read in a long time. I promise a full review once I'm done, but I couldn't wait to point out o ...
Everyone knows that you have to set goals in order to be successful, right? There are data to back up that assertion. I don't remember the exact source now, but I remember hearing a study that saw a correlation with sign ...
Today's Friday Quote is from an article in Harvard Business Review by Darrell Rigby on the need to fuse the digital and brick-and-mortar operations of retail. It's a useful reminder that organizations--still--are putting ...
