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Back in March of 2020, I applied the techniques from “Seeing Around Corners” to what kind of economic and social future we might anticipate post-pandem…
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Jan 29CommentShare
“What’s next” is the question on everyone’s mind. The reality is, we don’t – and can’t – know for sure. What we can do is articulate our best hypothese…
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Dec 23, 2020CommentShare
When speed and agility are at a premium, having a well-aligned operating model is absolutely crucial. Having one that doesn’t depend on constant reinfo…
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Nov 23, 2020CommentShare
Although the early warning signs that an inflection point is on the way are often detectable years, even decades, in advance, trying to time most infle…
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Oct 28, 2020CommentShare
Seeing Around Corners: Anniversary Edition – Not a Moment too Soon! Hard as it is to believe it, Seeing Around Corners celebrated its first anniversary…
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Sep 24, 2020CommentShare
Productively managing groups of human beings who have to produce some kind of joint output was tough enough in the “before times.” Today, it’s exponent…
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Jul 27, 2020CommentShare
As the COVID crisis drags on, casting us all into the world of having to make assumptions, rather than being able to rely on facts, a question I get a …
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May 14, 2020CommentShare
Like so many of us, I had a well-crafted plan for what I’d be doing right about now. In between traveling, speaking, and teaching at Columbia, I’d work…
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Apr 18, 2020CommentShare
Well, as this is the month of International Women’s Day, I was planning to create a newsletter on some of the major inflection points with respect to w…
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Mar 20, 2020CommentShare
When retailers ranging from Nordstrom to J. C. Penney and Macy’s start to stock used clothing in their flagship stores, you know something in the zeitg…
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Feb 19, 2020CommentShare
The packages have been unwrapped, the ribbons have been undone, and the unwanted presents have been re-gifted or returned. How has the current state of…
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Jan 20, 2020CommentShare
Plenty of people are gearing up to make a—ahem—killing in the senior care business. Is it an opportunity or a mirage? The World Is Getting Grayer One o…
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Dec 13, 2019CommentShare
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