Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) The pursuit of success is universal, whether on the track or in the boardroom. This universal desire explains the abundance of resources—podcasts, books, and speeches—dedicated to high performance. It also explains why executive leadership courses often draw from examples far beyond the business world, delving into politics,… Continue reading How Olympians Can Inspire Executive Success
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Summary: How do companies’ investments in data and analytics contribute to business benefits like profitability and growth? Should investments focus on talent, technology, or culture? Recent research highlights alignment between business and analytics objectives and capabilities as crucial. Even companies early in their analytics journey see value… Continue reading The Effects of Misaligned Business and Analytics Objectives
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Leaders consistently strive to enhance individual productivity, including their own. Yet, this endeavour often stalls at the surface level of time management training provided by the HR department. These sessions cover merits and drawbacks of techniques like Inbox Zero, the Pomodoro method, the Eisenhower matrix, Getting Things… Continue reading Elevating Performance: Systemic Solutions Over Individual Productivity
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Synopsis There is a widespread belief that the most triumphant entrepreneurs are young. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg were all in their early twenties when they kick-started what became game-changing companies. But does this notion hold true across the board? Surprisingly, the average age of… Continue reading Breaking Barriers: The Average Age of Thriving Start-up Founders Is 45
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) A significant critique of corporate sustainability has historically been its perceived prioritization over shareholders’ interests. This prioritisation potentially conflicts with managers’ fiduciary duty. However, in 2016, Professors Aaron Yoon, George Serafeim, and Mozaffar Khan published the paper “Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality” that began to challenge… Continue reading ESG Initiatives and Shareholder Value Creation: Two Key Factors
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Effectively managing culture holds chief importance in the process of successful mergers and acquisitions (M&A). When approached with the right strategies, cultural integration can significantly enhance returns on investment. Many companies view successful M&A as a crucial element of their broader long-term plans, a direct path to… Continue reading Cultural Integration: A Key Factor for Successful Mergers and Acquisitions
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) In an ever-changing and unpredictable world, successful strategies are those that embrace a portfolio of options, rather than rigid roadmaps. A recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article emphasized the importance for companies to adopt strategies based on radical optionality. The article argues that conflicting ideas reinforce business… Continue reading The Power of Dissonance: Why Conflicting Ideas Reinforce Business Strategies
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Have you decided to board on your own entrepreneurial journey? If so, it is very important to be ready for a demanding period of acquainting yourself with the market, exploring funding options, and acquiring new skills. Here is a list of 10 tips to help you kickstart… Continue reading Setting the stage for success: 10 tips to kickstart your business
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) In the quest for growth, companies traditionally relied on leveraging their core capabilities in adjacent markets. However, a new trend has emerged, with companies now focusing on constructing second growth engine–referred to as “engine twos” by Bain’s Zook and Allen. This shift has become even more critical… Continue reading Second growth engine: what is it and how to develop one?
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Large startups like Uber and AirBnb have seen tremendous growth, but building a sustainable business is challenging. Many new ideas fail by overlooking critical factors for long-term success. How can you ensure your business achieves its goals? Proper execution of 8 steps for success is key. These… Continue reading 8 Steps for Success in Business
