
Learning the Right Lessons – Saturn and Gm — and Harvard By Adam Hartung, 05 October, 2009
The Success Formula at Chevrolet and the other GM divisions had been created in the 1950s when GM dominated the industry.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

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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The Success Formula at Chevrolet and the other GM divisions had been created in the 1950s when GM dominated the industry.
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Mr. Bezos' fixation on the future has created incredible growth for Amazon.
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The value of these cost-stripped businesses, with no growth potential, dropped like a stone.
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. The Wall Street Journal reported "Microsoft Kills Kin Mobile Less Than Two Months After Launch." Kin was a product targeted at the hot market for youthful cell phone users.
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The new company needs to open its organization to innovation.
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The result has been a dramatic reduction in Sears stores, a huge headcount reduction, lower sales per store, less merchandise available, fewer customers, empty parking lots, acres of unused real estate and horrible profits. Nothing good has happened.
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Michael Dell has replaced 7 of his top 10 direct reports. That's a huge step in the right direction.
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The first order problem is simply thinking about the potential scenarios and planning for them. Like the military does before a campaign.
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it doesn't matter how hard we work. What matters is the value of that work.
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The "legacy costs" now killing GM are a result of insufficient growth – which has created more out-of-work union members and pensioners than they ever anticipated.
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the stock has fallen below the repurchase price. Investors have been made aware of how the management team manipulated earnings and cash flow last year to "dress up the pig" for market, and there is now risk if the bonds can be sold to generate the cash to buy the remaining stock
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Voters are shifting political support due to frustration with ineffective economic policies, highlighting the need for new programs focused on information-era jobs and innovation.
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the economy was critical to the health of a nation, and the economy hadn’t been doing so wel
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Tribune is merging together all operations – newspaper and 2 TV stations – in Hartford, CT. They are cutting costs again.
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Google’s Chrome launch shows its commitment to innovation, disrupting Microsoft’s dominance and embracing new markets.
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Dell's attempt to compete with Apple's iTunes will likely fail due to its entrenched Lock-ins.
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