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Your very own fleet of Cadillacs
Kudos to Cadillac for identifying a key customer pain point (the hassle of car ownership)
Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025
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Your concierge takes on the Nutcracker
In Slingshot speak, we call it the ‘Innovation Shortcut’. Here is a fun example between The Joffrey Ballet and JW Marriott.
Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025
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Why You Do Not Want to Own IBM: Growth Stalls Are Deadly
The stock is still up from January 2016 lows of $125, and you might think this pullback is a buying opportunity. But you would be wrong.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
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What if you could re-imagine your business? What if you could re-imagine your life?
A sample of activities, including recent events, projects and interviews, can be viewed in the Events & Media section.
Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025
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What business are you really in?
The customer experience provided by airlines is one that I follow closely and often reference, because it’s something most people can easily relate to.
Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025
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Want to Ask Better Questions? Try This Powerful Exercise
I've asked this question of thousands of executives over the years, and no one has ever gotten the correct solution immediately (unless they've heard it before).
Stephen Shapiro · 29 April 2025
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Wake Up Happy
In his recently published book ‘Wake Up Happy - The dream big, win big guide to transforming your life’, there is a chapter entitled ‘Why Play should be the Work of Adults’.
Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025
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Verizon's AOL/YAHOO Debacle– Think You Can Fix That?
It is crucial to understand why these to GIANTS of the internet are now part of history’s dustbin.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
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Using ‘on camera’ filters or Not
A clean image refers to shooting a raw image without any in camera processing .
Michael O'Toole · 29 April 2025
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Turning Customers into Fans
If you want to capture and retain the attention of your customers, you need to establish an emotional bond with them.
Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025
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Toys R Us - How Bad Assumptions Fed Bad Financial Planning Creating Failure
The biggest assumption behind a debt-financed takeover is that the company can cut costs to improve cash flow and thus pay the interest.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
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Time for a little repackaging
See how the former CMO of NetJets, which was a Blue Ocean Strategy case study, is applying this exciting shortcut.
Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025
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The wheelbarrow, re-imagined
The ordinary object in question is none other than the wheelbarrow. And the global need it is being repurposed to address is water transport in poor countries.
Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025
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The dinosaur wee solution
Yep – you heard it right – every drop of water on the earth is Tyrannosaurus Rex pee.
Cris Beswick · 29 April 2025
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The Six Question Test
aking the ‘6 Question Test’ is a simple, immediate way to expose your self-imposed boundaries.
Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025
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The Power of a Simple Question
The process next moves to Testing Inquiry, where we postulate hypotheses and test these against our observations and insights.
Anthony Mills · 29 April 2025
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The First Step Towards Innovation
Rural myth or not, the story perfectly sums up the way in which many businesses start their innovation journey.
Cris Beswick · 29 April 2025
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The Case for Trian's Nelson Peltz Joining P&G's Board
P&G is dead set against adding Peltz, saying he would disrupt the board, and the company, in negative ways.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
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The Best Way to Boost Your Performance Is Not What You Think
When rules change, "efficiency" (ease) might drop but "quality" (relevance) could increase.
Stephen Shapiro · 29 April 2025
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The 3 Key Principles of Exponential Growth
The secret is to learn to focus on 3 core factors that together enable the ongoing relevance, expansion, and transformation of your business.
Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025
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Telling Compelling Stories
Stories inspire. Stories teach. Stories influence. Stories breathe life into real issues.
Michael Graber · 29 April 2025
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Take Your Business Model to the Next Level
Value should also be created for your partners. Why else should they engage with your organization?
Marc Sniukas · 29 April 2025
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Strategic Planning Best Practices
Foster open communication: Does your organization suffer from closed-door sabotage or does everyone speak their mind?
Michael Graber · 29 April 2025
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Stop planning your meetings: The Agile Open Space
The Agile Open Space combines the philosophies of the SCRUM and the Open Space frameworks.
Marc Sniukas · 29 April 2025