Innovation4 min read
Doing What Works in This Recession – Tesla, Morgan Aircraft, Starbucks Vs. Gm
Recessions reward innovation over cost-cutting. Tesla and Morgan Aircraft thrive by meeting new demands.
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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Leadership6 min read
Doing It Right – and Growing – in a Recession — Tasty Catering
The 50-ish founder told me that his employees were insistent about this, because they did not think Tasty would just be a caterer.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership7 min read
Doha What?
the Berlin wall crumbled, as did the Soviet Union. This sudden market shift challenged both countries to rethink what they needed to do.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Does the Source of Growth Matter?
The world’s largest software company admitted it fears Google, and to play catch-up in on-line ad revenue it has decided to buy Yahoo! Because of its huge cash hoard, if Microsoft wants Yahoo! it will get it.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Technology3 min read
Does Your Business Facebook?
We live in a fast shifting world. That is not going to change. Slow moving traditional media is gradually dying.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership1 min read
Do the Same, or Disrupt?
“Virtually” is important. They aren’t absolutely identical. They’re just very, very close.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership6 min read
Do You Think You Can Fix That? – Filene’s, Syms, Home Depot, Sears, Wal-mart
The leadership of Sun didn’t see a future filled with mobile devices for music, movies or telephony.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Do You Know Your Lifecycle Status?
The arborist tells us that we might as well cut it down, before it falls in a big wind causing avoidable damage, but we keep hoping the tree will revive next year.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership6 min read
Do You Know President Trump’s Immigration Policy?
The administration says these actions are driven by “national security.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Practice6 min read
Do You Know President Trump's Immigration Policy?
As business leaders, President Trump and Secretary Tillerson (former ExxonMobile CEO) should know these first principles of leadership.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation3 min read
Do You Grow With Market Shifts – or Slowly Lose Relevancy? The Advertising Story
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Do You Facebook?
the competition that is going to ruin your day just might do it via social media! An existing company may have an image, advertising and effective PR.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
Do Not Follow the Herd – Sell Mcdonald’s and Microsoft
This week McDonald’s and Microsoft both reported earnings that were higher than analysts expected.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation5 min read
Do Marketers Lead, or Follow – Meng Study
Marketers focus on outdated strategies, neglecting newer, effective methods amid changing market dynamics.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
Do Earnings Announcements Matter? Not to Smart Ceos
The critical factor when reviewing earnings is actually not the reported results.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Strategy6 min read
Djia Changes – Interesting, Yet Meaningless
The DJIA is (currently) a group of 30 stocks selected by the editors of Dow Jones (publisher of the Wall Street Journal, owned by News Corp – which also owns Fox News – and controlled by Rupert Murdock
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation4 min read
Disruptive Times
What is required, as I said earlier, is a Disruption. Kraft must stop viewing itself as being self-satisfied, and realize there are external Challenges to its brands and its business.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
Disruptive Success
Mark Disrupts the engineers by introducing technologies from entirely other fields. While they attend medical equipment conferences, Mark attends gaming and consumer electronics conferences.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation3 min read
Disruptive Products for Disruptive Markets – Apple, Kindle, Iphone
Apple's iPhone demonstrates how disruptive products, despite challenging economic conditions, can lead to significant growth by staying ahead of market trends and competition.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership1 min read
Disruptive Leadership
The turnaround since his arrival has been large and successful.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation1 min read
Disruptive Innovators Virgin & Netflix use 4 steps to innovate growth strategies
FAANG – Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google are at the top of shareholder value creation.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation1 min read
Disruptive Innovators Create More Value Than “Core Focused” Companies
Focusing solely on the "core" can make companies like Circuit City and Kodak vulnerable to faster-growing disruptors like Amazon.com.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Disruptions Vs. Disturbances – Walgreens
The new leaders plan to work harder on supply chain issues, and store plannograms, to increase turns.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Disruptions Versus Disturbances – New York Times
Long term successful companies Disrupt their Lock-ins – those behaviors, decision-making practices and policies that keep the company doing what it always did.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
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