Blogs

With so much on the line, why is the success rate of mergers and acquisitions so low? Recent studies by Harvard Business Review and KPMG both indicate that between 70 and…

Mention an innovation center, and the response is polarizing. “It’s a waste of money,” or “I have no idea what they actually do” are warning signs…

In our previous discussion, we identified that while it’s essential to build your innovation initiative around the Four Pillars of Innovation for Creating and Sustaining Growth,…

No company expects to lose more than $120 million in revenue when it completes an ERP installation or a major systems upgrade. It happened to a…

CEOs and C-level executives who set out to bring lasting change to their organizations have thought about this one for a long time, and for…

The final critical success factor we must address is how to manage and engage the network of constituencies touched by the change you aim to…

Opposites may attract, but in business, people who are very similar in characteristics and behavior often are drawn to each other. Consequently, without realizing it, project…

When business performance falls under scrutiny, it’s not unusual to discover that business units are operating within silos. Uniting them can become a management challenge too.…

In the first part of this series, I asserted that strategic horizons are not uncovered by looking at your current business and trying to figure out…

Accidents happen. That statement has become so true for most of us, we rarely—if ever–examine what it means and implies. In response to “accidents happen”, safety…

Peloton Interactive, the maker of the world’s best-known exercise bike, has seen its stock price nearly triple in 2020, up 196% year to date (at…

Organizations both large and small understand that innovation — and innovation consulting — is essential to unlocking uncharted possibilities and delivering opportunities for accelerating growth. Recently, we…