Sitemap - 2022 - Thought Sparks
Rebuilding Ukraine: Huge opportunity, huge risks?
Remembering Frances Hesselbein
Early warnings of a fading competitive advantage
Lying – or at least not telling the whole truth - as a business model comes to haunt Meta
We had the Jetsons in 1962 – and autonomous driving is still out of reach
What does Ford’s decision to drop Argo AI Mean for autonomous driving?
Simultaneous discovery – or the sincerest form of flattery? Board Committee research
The skills we aren’t taught, and how you can expand your leadership through leveraging them
When The Mothership Doesn’t Want It
Taking a discovery driven approach to internal projects
What’s the difference between a methodology and a terrorist?
When Business Cases Teach the Wrong Lessons
The Strategic Management Society’s CK Prahalad Award for Scholarly Impact on Practice
Think everybody has a positive view of creativity? Think again!
A Conversation with EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Stephen Bailey
Three Kinds of Competition to Have on Your Radar
How LEGO used Agile Principles to Accelerate Innovation
Flywheels vs. Relationships – Why your business architecture matters to your initial marketing plan
7 Ways to Take Smart Career Risks: Lessons from Sharon Price John, CEO of Build-A-Bear Workshop
Boris Johnson, How the Powerful Escape Consequences and Jeff Pfeffer’s Fantastic Book
You can’t tackle complex systems with linear thinking
Pandemic – and reopening - surprises
Thought Sparks Wrap Up - May 2022
Who knew there is so much in common between the rare successes in mega-projects and innovation?
Counting down Our Top Ten List of Discovery Driven Planning misses – Part 2 (5 through 1)
Startups in distress – we’ve seen this movie before
Thought Sparks Wrap Up —April 2022
Bright Promise and Dashed Hopes – The AT&T Media Strategy Saga
You can’t avoid the digital dimension of your business, even if you wanted to!
Say what???? The optimistic launch and ignominious end of CNN+
What Everybody Ought To Know About Planning Under Uncertainty
Mind Your Introductions! A Short Essay in advance of National Imposter Syndrome Day
Thought Sparks Wrap Up — March 2022
When terrible things happen to good innovation projects…
Knowing when to pull the plug – Part 2
Knowing when to pull the plug – Part 1
Assumptions we need to question now
A secret ingredient for competitive advantage? Good jobs.
Thought Sparks Wrap Up — February 2022
The essential art of smart politics
Maybe the answer to the back to work puzzle is to look beyond the office
Crazy, Unloved but Potentially Transformational – What’s in your Loonshot nursery?
The Facebook Inflection Point Materializes
Thought Sparks Wrap Up — January 2022
It worked great, until it didn’t: The surprising, but perhaps foreseeable, shutdown of Drinkworks
Who Else Wants to Make MLK’s Dream a Reality? A conversation with Robert Livingston
Happy 2022 – Building New Skills for the New Year!
Uncertain about the future? A well-defined strategy can help