If your governance documents don’t capture the assumptions behind your decisions, future leaders will eventually have to relearn the same lessons
Overhauling Governance with Strategic Subtraction
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Cinematic Visionography
Strategy’s most important component—by far—is the organization’s vision. To be clear, strategy should not be confused with anything happening before the next three years; or how any short- or long-term goals are to be accomplished. Strategy is about what your company...
Private Clubs and Secret Knowledge
Innovation plays a critical role in the strategy of any company. For a new, small company, innovation determines who will survive the brutal formation stages. For a mid-sized company, innovation is necessary to grow. And for a large company, lack of innovation is a...
Lightning Strikes
It’s the morning of Saturday, October 11th, 2008, and like many others, I have a hangover without the wild party last night. In one week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1874 points—a staggering 18.15%--marking the largest one week loss ever both in absolute...