Their corporate culture often focuses on unconventional solutions to hard business problems.
Tag: Competitive strategy
Disruptive Innovation in the Era of Big Tech
How does the landmark theory apply to tech start-ups, three decades after its introduction?
Middle Managers Should Drive Your Business Transformation
Shift your approach from top-down to middle-out.
6 Strategic Concepts That Set High-Performing Companies Apart
Lessons from Microsoft, NVIDIA, Netflix, Tesla, and others.
Why Isn’t Your Strategy Sticking?
How to identify the hidden obstacles that may thwart implementation — and address them before they take root.
The Key to Preserving a Long-Term Competitive Advantage
Learn how to repackage your company’s existing knowledge to pioneer new products and services.
The Missing Link Between Strategy and Innovation
To drive growth, corporate innovation needs to connect to a clear set of strategic priorities and play to the company’s strengths.
A New Way to Compensate Sales Teams
Too many companies still assign quotas and commissions, which results in overpaying some reps and underpaying others.
Put Marketing at the Core of Your Growth Strategy
Three ways to use marketing as a lever for growth, according to McKinsey research.
Adapt Your Strategy to Higher Interest Rates
To increase sales and profits in this environment, executives need to rediscover the concept of economic profit.
3 Reasons Why Every Department Needs Its Own Strategy
Departments need to be able to define their own approach to achieving the company’s collective goals.
3 Drivers of China’s Booming Electric Vehicle Market
China now accounts for nearly 60% of EV sales worldwide.
Competing with TikTok: When to Imitate, When to Differentiate
Leading social networks have shown that imitation can sometimes lead to better financial performance than differentiation.
The Hard Questions to Ask When Planning Your Strategy
You need to be brutally honest about what really makes your business special — even if it’s uncomfortable.
Why More Companies Are Getting in on the Resale Game
A conversation with Wharton’s Tom Robertson on the strategic value of owning your secondhand market.
Strategy, Not Technology, Is the Key to Winning with GenAI
GenAI tools are increasingly built on the same underlying models. To get ahead, companies need to look elsewhere for advantages.
3 Traps to Avoid When Executing Your Strategy
Number 1: Letting too many people weigh in.
Use GenAI to Uncover New Insights into Your Competitors
These tools can help you sort through reams of annual reports, press releases, and other documents to extract critical information.
Leaders, Make Curiosity the Core of Your Organizational Culture
Keeping a competitive edge requires constant questioning.