Leadership4 min read
Who Wants a Big Mac for Christmas? Bah! Humbug! Mcdonald’s Scrooge!
The number of single people has risen over the last decade.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
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Strategy5 min read
Who Should You Hire to Up Your Innovation Game?
"The fox," Berlin wrote, "knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." Collins then devotes an entire chapter to explaining why hedgehogs perform better than foxes.
Greg Satell · 29 April 2025
3 min read
Who Should Buy Whom? – Microsoft and Yahoo!
The story goes that with things weak, Microsoft will buy Yahoo! to defend its survivability. Not dissimilar to the logic behind Pfizer's acquisition of Wyeth.
· 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Who Pulled the Rug?
The reality is that most companies falter because they miss market shifts – and the shifts cause competitors to become relatively more attractive.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Culture1 min read
Who Controls Corporate Strategies
Government policy, market conditions, disruptors… even customers can have a significant influence on the way in which corporate strategy maps out into reality.
Cris Beswick · 29 April 2025
Strategy2 min read
Who Bought the Donuts?
Krispy Kreme has been a “one-trick pony.” The company had a simple Success Formula: open more stores
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation10 min read
Who Are the World's Most Innovative Companies?
This article highlights the challenges in measuring innovation and suggests creating a standardized metric for more accurate comparisons across companies.
Anthony Mills · 29 April 2025
Innovation4 min read
White Space is to Make Money – Ge Homeland Protection
White Space projects are crucial for growth. If they fail, exit wisely, as GE did with airport security.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation5 min read
White Space for Electric Cars – Nissan, Chevrolet, Ford, Tesla
Electric cars need innovative White Space strategies and new distribution methods, not traditional approaches.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation2 min read
White Space and Beer
Anheuser-Busch's entry into India's beer market is a strategic move into White Space for growth and learning.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Technology3 min read
White Space Overcomes D&e – Apple and Microsoft
In 2000 Apple relied on Mac sales. But now, it has 2 businesses that are as large as the computer business.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
White Space Has to Produce Results
The company had been laying off thousands, and most analysts were calling for more reductions.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
White Space Benefits the Smallest Businesses
The allure of doing one thing is high, but in the end the best businesses always utilize White Space.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Strategy1 min read
White Collar Blues
The work world isn’t like we were promised in school
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation3 min read
Where’s the Rug?
Chicago traders face job shifts as computer trading replaces them. Many are finding new roles in varied fields.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Where’s the Next Lee Iacocca When You Need Him?
The economy was bad, but nothing like the banking crisis we're in now, and a recalcitrant Congress was not happy. Nonetheless, they prevailed and Democrat Jimmy Carter signed guarantee approval in January, 1978.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Culture1 min read
Where’d You Shop for Holiday Gifts?
Sears is still trying to figure out what to do with Martha Stewart.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Where You Going to Shop? – Not Sears
The company has closed another 28 stores, and sales in stores remaining open the last year have declined on average more than 8% for each store
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation3 min read
Where Innovation Creates Value – Mckinsey, Apple, Google, Verizon
McKinsey’s report shows innovation's value lies in implementation, not ideas, and requires investment and disruption.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation7 min read
Where Did All the Jobs Go? 9 Recommendations for Mr. Obama!
To create jobs, we must invest in innovation, support small businesses, and enhance digital infrastructure instead of relying on outdated solutions.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation8 min read
Where Bartz Blew It, and What Yahoo! Needs to Do Now
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Strategy3 min read
When to Follow 'Best Practices'--and When to Ignore Them
the five best practices that nearly all successful people have in common. I printed these practices on a sheet of paper and invited 10 successful people in the audience to join me onstage.
Stephen Shapiro · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
When You’re Hot You’re Hot – When You’re Not You’re Not — Starbucks & Dell
The company's "return to basics" program has made it overly sensitive to retail coffee prices, while robbing the company of its highly desired cache.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
When You Just Can’t Get Enough of the Same Old Thing – Lutz and Gm
the leadership at Tesla didn't know what it meant to be a professional auto company, and to be professional auto executives.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025