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Thought Sparks Wrap Up — November 2021

You asked, We Answered: Questions on Ecosystems with Dartmouth’s Ron Adner

Congratulations on the official publication of Lead from the Core, Jay Steinfeld!

Somebody always knew: A conversation between Amy Edmondson and Rita McGrath, top-ranked global thinkers

Can Agile Make Wherever You Work a Better Place?

The latest for the Flops File - Zillow Offers

Thought Sparks Wrap Up - October 2021

10 Questions to Ask Before You Believe in a Business Model

Can you hear me now? A “Seeing Around Corners” early warning materializes

Ecosystem Maturity and the Stepping-Stone Strategy

When HR really does get a seat at the table! Congratulations to Kathleen Hogan on being recognized as the HR Executive of the Year

Positioning: Beyond the Statement

Thought Sparks Wrap Up - September 2021

The Principles of Learning from Prototypes: 5 Lessons

How a Growth Gap can Sneak Up On You

Digital transformation, the discovery-driven way

How Not to Blow Your First Marketing Campaign: 3 Factors

Thought Sparks Wrap Up - August 2021

Discovering Perfectly Predictable Mistakes – Before You Make Them

The Discipline that Turns Vision into Reality

We need to talk about the pandemic post-mortem. Five mechanisms to avoid future catastrophe.

You asked, We Answered: Questions on Innovation

Inflection Points Shift Key Metrics – Are You Paying Attention?

Thought Sparks Wrap Up — July 2021

Key Ingredients of a Killer Prototype

The Lesson of the Direct to Consumer Revolution: Strategy 101 still matters

3 Ways to Completely Mess Up Customer Surveys

A no-nonsense guide to measuring innovation mastery

The Future is Already Here Department: Hololens 2 Edition

On the folly of rewarding for business-as-usual when you are hoping for innovation

Employees Drive Competitive Advantage: What Southwest Airlines, Costco and Quest Diagnostics Know that a Lot of Other Companies are going to learn

Snow Melts from the Edges – Some Lessons from Buffer

We Need to Talk About Value Creation.

Not Buying It: When your biggest challenge is non-consumption

Focus and the Mission Driven Organization; It Doesn’t Have to be So Hard

Strategy and the Resource Hostage Problem

Landing at the end of the road: Verizon’s decision to disengage from its media strategy

“Oh, so that’s what you meant!” Using scorecards to simplify strategy

The BareBones NPV tool: When you need to quantify, but really don’t have the information

The Inside Baseball of Corporate Transformation

Your business is already in trouble, you just haven’t noticed it yet

The better your automated customer service options, the worse your customer service experience

Think you Know Who Your Competition Is? Think Again!

March 2021

Discovery Driven Growth: Chapter 1

Discovery-Driven Checkpoints for Growth Success

February 2021

A New Social Contract? Part 1: Defining the Issues