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2021 Business Trends: The 10 Strategic Shifts That Will Shape Your Industry

This year, as we recover from a massive shock to all forms of structure and life as we once knew it, we have a chance

Innovation

Fabricating with Biology

Infrastructure and urban development have taken over the world. We are surrounded by synthetic, human-made materials that — although they provide reliable building blocks —

Innovation

GameStop: 3 Hidden Strategic Lessons

The framing of the David v. Goliath story dominating business headlines this week is missing the most valuable strategic lessons GameStop’s stock surge – from

Innovation

Connecting the World Through Satellites

When you stargaze at a clear night sky, do you ever notice any satellites? Satellites will appear like a star slowly moving across the sky

Strategic thinking

Shortening Proximity in Warfare

In past posts we have addressed proximity in business: identifying a customer and delivering the product closer to the point of demand. However, we see

Strategy

Have You Addressed Your Hidden Competitor?

If you’ve spent time developing your organization’s strategy, chances are you’re familiar with your competition. You know your competitors’ offerings, their strengths and weaknesses, and

Strategic thinking

Mastercard Masters Proximity

Is a difference in seconds truly significant? In swimming and racing, seconds make all of the difference for who comes out on top. In technology,

Innovation

Five Steps to Capture the Value You Deserve

Is it fair that teachers earn less than bankers or that nurses earn less than CEOs? The value you get to take home may have

Innovation

Enel as a Competitor in Renewable Energy

How did a 58-year-old company that began with hydroelectric power in Italy come to be one of the largest, most dynamic, and valuable energy companies

Innovation

Renewable Energy for the Future

As I skim through the morning stock market brief, renewable energy seems to ceaselessly reappear as a prominent figure in comparison to fossil fuels. Noting

Marketing and sales

Going Public in a Pandemic: Airbnb & Inflection Points

2020 has demanded that companies pivot like no other time in recent history. Organizations with the flexibility to adapt their business models to changing customer

Innovation

OhmConnect and the Future of Energy Production

In the midst of a climate crisis, innovators have recognized a need to shorten the proximity between energy production and energy use. Amongst these innovators

Strategy

The Pope, Big Business, and the Future of ESG

The Ultimate Strategy Is “be good” a part of your 2021 strategy? If not, you should reconsider. When I was in business school, we learned

Strategy

What microbreweries, “micro-factories”, and the late Tony Hsieh can teach us about creating our 2021 strategy

Tony Hsieh’s Strategic Pattern As many of you know, we recently said goodbye to an amazing leader, former CEO of Zappos, Tony Hsieh. We learned many

Innovation

5 Most Innovative Tech Companies Shaping the Way We Work

The ways in which we conduct day-to-day business are shifting rapidly. This is something that was already happening in recent years as a simple result

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