CEO / Managing Partner - Spark Partners
I currently serve as the CEO of three companies: Content Laboratory (a content services company,) Spark Partners (a growth strategy firm offering assessments, strategy consulting and on-line self-administered revenue growth tools,) and Soparfilm Energy (an oil & gas exploration & production investment company.) Over the last thirty years, I have served on multiple boards, including Audit Chair for a NASDAQ traded company, and advised boards of directors on managing for disruptions and promoting innovation into corporate management.
My passion is public speaking on the importance of growth, innovation and strategy to succeed. As a keynote speaker I have been invited to over 1,000 leadership events, both multi-company and single company. My portfolio includes speeches, presentations, workshops and executive coaching on how to achieve faster growth from higher levels of innovation driven by trends.
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This week Oracle missed earnings estimates, and the stock fell some 14%, from $30 to under $26. For the year, Oracle is down about a third, from it’s high of $37.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Wal-Mart has done about everything a discount retailer can do right.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The national airlines (United and American) never dreamed that Southwest would one day be national, have much higher customer satisfaction and be more profitable.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
L.L. Bean is capitalizing on retail market shifts by disrupting its old model, using White Space innovation.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The thinking used to be that the cash flow was sound, due to market domination, so the cash could be paid out.
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Balancing operational efficiency with innovation is crucial; focusing solely on optimizing existing processes can hinder growth and market relevance.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The leadership of these companies has done everything it can to continue Defending and Extending their broken Success Formula.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
When a company loses relevance, like Microsoft's Surface being mistaken for iPads during the NFL launch, it signals a decline that can lead to eventual failure as interest from customers, media, and investors wanes.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
WalMart has limited growth plans
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
WalMart has limited growth plans
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Many major companies, such as Wal-Mart, fail to create value by clinging to old success formulas, while innovators like Apple and Google thrive by exploring new markets.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Exxon and Apple have nothing in common. Exxon is a petroleum company. It’s growth almost all from acquisition. You could say it’s nonsensical to compare the two.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) jumped to record levels – over 15,000 – today after a favorable U.S. jobs report showed 165K new jobs and a drop in unemployment to 7.5%.
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Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The words “search” and “Google” are practically synonymous.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The words "search" and "Google" are practically synonymous.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Successful leadership means moving beyond traditional financial management to invest for growth
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The first rule of holes is "when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Rod Blagojevich is the product of some pretty rough-and-tumble politics, still carried out in the wards around Chicago.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The postware economic boom may have benefited many Americans, but no one benefited more than General Motors.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The company CEO has said that he plans to invest more in the same old business model, hoping results will turn around.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
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