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Apple’s reputation as an innovator is tied to transformational products like the iPod, iPhone, and iPad that create value. But, with Q3 earnings at $7.7 billion…

It is said that no man is an island, and in the case of top-performing companies, no singular employee overshadows the power and effectiveness of…

More and more, executives are focusing their energy (as well as their resources) on corporate culture. While the reasons for their interest are clear –…

There’s a great scene in the original Men in Black movie that occurs shortly after Will Smith’s character discovers aliens really do exist. Tommy Lee Jones’ Agent…

Regulations tend to put a stranglehold on innovating, setting up roadblocks that require more work, more capital investment, and more time. However, innovation leadership entails…

I am always intrigued by examining two competing companies – same industry, similar in size, essentially operating within the same business model – that produce…

I recently sat across from a senior executive at a well-known, global company and he told me, “We are not interested in breakthroughs–we are happy…

It’s easy to fall into business-as-usual mode when the economy is strong. Pursue the low-hanging fruit and the path to least resistance, and something good will…

In our previous posts, we declared that forging a shared purpose and identity across multinational teams, paired with clarity of communication — via multilingualism — and accountability via authenticity are…

In the first part of this blog series, we established that global leaders are citizens of the world—this not beholden to the identity of the…

In the pharmaceutical industry, the odds of successfully bringing a drug compound from discovery, through all phases of development, to submission and ultimately approval are…

“Be ready to handle twice as much throughput and activity in the next 3 years with roughly the same number of people.” That was the mandate…