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Adam Hartung

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.

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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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Phoenix in the Crosshairs
Innovation3 min read

Phoenix in the Crosshairs

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

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Peering Into the Whirlpool – Pfizer
Leadership4 min read

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

Pay to Lock-in
Leadership3 min read

Pay to Lock-in

The vey top management of Tribune will share in approximately $650million of bonuses if the company can pay off the $13billion of debt the company will hold post-transaction

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Pay Close Attention
Leadership2 min read

Pay Close Attention

The very next week CW announces viewership. If you aren’t familiar, CW was formed when two U.S. networks – UPN and WB – decided they needed to merge to become more competitive.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Paranoia?
Leadership3 min read

Paranoia?

Once unions were powerful in America. But you have to go back to the 1950s and 1960s. Then threats of union boycotts or strikes actually caused management to make decisions that were not balanced, but instead designed to avoid union wrath.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Outside the Lunch Box
Innovation2 min read

Outside the Lunch Box

During the last year, he had taken on a new role helping develop a company strategy. In that role, he had made a half dozen trips to China.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

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