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Play to Win, Not “catch Up” – Colgate’s Opportunity

Colgate can outperform Procter & Gamble by using cost-effective, targeted social media marketing instead of expensive traditional advertising.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Play is key ingredient to lifetime of learning

The basis of the most successful strategies is not outcompeting rivals

Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025

Planning to Succeed Using White Space

White Space drives growth by focusing on new markets instead of defending existing ones.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Planning to Succeed

U.S. consumer consumption would decline (which has now happened for more than a year) as home values flattened, and then declined, because there would be less home equity to be used for buying stuff.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Planning From the Past Risks

The company sold more Razrs, but it ended up in terrrible shape because it didn’t launch enough new products for a rapidly evolving market.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Plan for the Unseen Disruptions to Your Business…now.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Plan for the Future – Not From the Past — Forbes Column

the Wall Street Journal points out that defensively-minded entrepreneurs are unprepared to undertake hiring or business expansion.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Plan for Transitions – Netflix and Walgreens

Walgreen's clings to its old model, causing stagnation. Unlike Netflix, which embraced change and invested in streaming, Walgreen's fails to adapt.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Pizza Hut – How Lock-in Causes Growth Stalls, Irrelevancy and Bad Results

The company was ardent about controlling what franchisees served.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Pitching Vs. Listening – General Motors (Gm) and Segway

GM and Segway's new EN-V faces challenges due to a flawed development process. Without market input, success is uncertain.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Pioneering Workplace Equality

A Woman’s Guide from First Job to Top Executive.’

Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025

Picking a Winner – Motorola V Mcdonald’s

Just look at today’s newspaper for further verification. Motorola has announced the launch of a new vending machine to sell mobile phones and accessories

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Picking a Problem Worth Solving From a Sea of Problems

Braden Kelley · 29 April 2025

Pick the Right Battle – Nbc Universal/comcast’s Future

Job creation thrives on innovation and new ventures, not company size or preserving outdated models.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Phoenixionary: Success Formula

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Phoenixionary: Defend & Extend Management

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Phoenix in the Crosshairs

Motorola’s CEO, Ed Zander, struggles with stalled growth despite past successes and recent innovations.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Phoenix Principle Power – Microsoft Stalling, Apple Growing

Apple pioneered much of the personal computer business, and led the innovation curve for years with its implementation of the mouse and on-screen graphics.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Phoenix Principle Leadership – Ciomagazine & It Leadership

The CIOMagazine article explains how the "White Space" approach accelerates IT performance and technology deployment, enabling faster market responses and better returns.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Personalized Medicine - A Culmination of Everything the Digital Economy Has to Offer

The Washington Post reports that digital healthcare is not yet widespread.

Rob Gonda · 29 April 2025

Personal White Space

Now the transmissions are switched, and things are better all around.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Perception – the Boat That Wasn’t There

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Pepsico Update – Doing More of the Right Stuff

PepsiCo bids to buy its bottlers for $6billion," is the Marketwatch headline today.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Peering Into the Whirlpool – Pfizer

The old "S" curve is nearing its peak, while the emerging "S" curve – that started in the 1980s with Genentech – is coming of age and entering the fast upward slope of the new "S" curve

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025