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6 Strategic Concepts That Set High-Performing Companies Apart
Lessons from Microsoft, NVIDIA, Netflix, Tesla, and others.
The Challenges of Becoming a Less Hierarchical Company
Lessons from one company on how to navigate the ups and downs of going flat.
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.
To Decide Where to Grow Next, Pinpoint What Makes Your Company Different
Lessons from Costco, Salesforce, Amazon, and Patagonia.
When You Have to Make a Strategic Decision Without Much Data
Three ways to make an informed decision when information is scarce.
Put Marketing at the Core of Your Growth Strategy
Three ways to use marketing as a lever for growth, according to McKinsey research.
After a Merger, These 3 Inefficiencies Can Actually Be Assets
The counterintuitive case for preserving some redundancy.
Adapt Your Strategy to Higher Interest Rates
To increase sales and profits in this environment, executives need to rediscover the concept of economic profit.
Internal Buy-In Will Make or Break Your Growth Strategy
Too often, organizations bring in outside firms to help, resulting in a smart plan but not the necessary means to execute it.
Has Business Transformation Become Obsolete?
Change is happening too quickly — and too broadly — for transformation to be a one-time special project focused on a single issue.
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.
Bringing True Strategic Foresight Back to Business
Ten steps to craft actionable insights amid soul-crushing uncertainty.
3 Drivers of China’s Booming Electric Vehicle Market
China now accounts for nearly 60% of EV sales worldwide.
How Hybrid Work Is (And Isn’t) Reshaping Cities
A conversation with author and professor Richard Florida about where talent is moving around the world.
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.
To Craft a Purpose That Motivates Your Team, Balance Pragmatism and Idealism
Four key questions to ask as part of the process.
The Rise of the Meta City
New York and Miami, Dubai and Cairo, the Bay Area and Austin. Pandemic-era migrations have created strong new connections between cities — and companies need to update their location strategy to keep up.