Innovation5 min read
Yes, It Would Be Nice to See Steve Jobs Run Gm (or Ford or Chrysler)
GM needs disruptive leadership like Steve Jobs to innovate and break free from outdated practices.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
CEO / Managing Partner - Spark Partners
Adam Hartung
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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Innovation5 min read
Yes, Even You Can Innovate to Grow – Learn From Skanska
Innovation isn't just for tech companies; Skanska's success shows even traditional industries can thrive with new ideas.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
Yes Amr, Bankruptcy is Failure
The reaction was less about AMR, which is having a first-time filing, and more about airline bankruptcies overall.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Yahoo – Another Disappearing Giant Has Nowhere to Hide
Yahoo today is valued at about $46B.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
Wrong Assumptions Create Lousy Outcomes – Sony, Mcdonald’s, Radio Shack, Sears
The output of that training has been a movement toward focusing on accounting, finance, cost management, supply chain management, automation — all things operational
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Would You Do It, if You Had the Chance?
Imagine you were offered a job in 1998 to work at Google. Would you have been able to project the company could be a $10billion revenue company in 10 years?
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
Would You Believe?
The consensus is that GM can now refocus on products, and regain lost share.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
Working Within Permission
Success requires understanding what you can do, not just what you want to do.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership1 min read
Women Business Builders
The Phoenix Principle is based on an assumption that the owners/managers of a business are in it for the long-term.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Winning by Doing What Competitors Don’t – Cnbc, Fox News, Bloomberg News
CNBC has been the market leader for several years, and it's Success Formula is Locked-in.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Winning at News
For many years, CNN was practically uncontested. But in the late 1980s Rupert Murdoch woke up to realize that any business with one player deserved some competition, and he launched Fox
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation4 min read
Winners and Losers From Shifts – Apple, Amazon, Microsoft
The iPad’s launch shows mobile tech’s rise, while Microsoft struggles to adapt to market changes.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation5 min read
Winners Shift, Losers Don’t – Buy Amazon Sell Sears and Walmart
Business success hinges on adapting to and driving market trends, as seen with Amazon’s growth, unlike Sears' decline from resisting change.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation5 min read
Will You Grow in 2011? Create Wealth Like Apple, Amazon, Priceline, Devry, Colgate
To thrive in today's market, businesses must focus on revenue growth rather than cost-cutting, embrace innovation, let go of outdated practices, and actively seek new opportunities.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Will This Make Any Difference?
Michael Dell, announced he was removing the CEO and taking back the reigns
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
Will Steve Ballmer Be a Good La Clippers Leader?
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates, who did a remarkable job of taking a start-up company from the Wellspring of an idea into one of the fastest growing adolescents of any American company.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Will Obama’s Presidential Legacy Be Ruined by a Website?
King Richard of England was really, really unpopular. He was accused of ascending to the throne via various Michiavellian behaviors
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
Will Meg Whitman’s Layoffs Turn Around Hp? Nope
CEO and Board changes have confused the management team and investors alike.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation7 min read
Will Meg Whitman Be More Like Steve Jobs, or Carol Bartz?
Meg Whitman must shift HP's focus to innovation and future markets to prevent its decline.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
Will Living Wage Trend Kill or Make Mcdonald’s and Walmart?
The biggest industries affected by such an increase would be fast food and retail.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation5 min read
Will Kodak Successfully Pivot Into Pharmaceuticals? I Doubt It.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Future5 min read
Will Kodak Successfully Pivot Into Pharmaceuticals? I Doubt It.
Over the last 20 years there’s been nothing new to excite anyone about Kodak.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation4 min read
Will Jack Dorsey “get It” at Twitter?
This article discusses Twitter's challenges under Jack Dorsey's leadership, questioning whether he can innovate and drive growth at both Twitter and Square simultaneously.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation4 min read
Will Incremental Growth Happen? – Panera Bread
Panera's catering venture may struggle without a clear competitive edge against established rivals.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
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