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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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Conventional Wisdom
Leadership2 min read

Conventional Wisdom

the mobile phone division drifted quickly back into old habits – Locking-in on technology, Locking-in on distribution, Locking-in on engineering, Locking-in on old product development and launch processes

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Consistency Vs Success
Leadership2 min read

Consistency Vs Success

the company still does not support the number of stores it once did. And McDonald’s still is not winning the battle for growth against Starbucks and other less Locked-in competitors.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Competing to Win
Leadership5 min read

Competing to Win

Winning is a lot less important than following "the rules." But in much of life, the rules are designed to favor the current winner. To win, you have to find a way to compete differently

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Clever Competition
Leadership1 min read

Clever Competition

WalMart’s fired agency, DraftFCB, is going to get the KMart account. This is a sharp move for Kmart.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Cios – You Can Drive Growth
Leadership1 min read

Cios – You Can Drive Growth

Today's CIO has to spend more time figuring out how to flexibly, adaptively, bring new solutions to both insiders and customers

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Check Your Assumptions
Future4 min read

Check Your Assumptions

The impact of global knowledge transfer – of worldwide information at a moment’s notice – of labor arbitrate happening in hours – and the immediacy of financing and financial reactions – is still not well understood by leaders trained in an earlier era.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Changing Course
Leadership4 min read

Changing Course

People started wondering if Walgreen’s could keep growing once it had to drive more revenue out of existing stores – rather than just opening new ones.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Ceo of the Year
Leadership1 min read

Ceo of the Year

The culture has changed from moribund and stifling to open and aggressive as they chase new opportunities in not only cell phones, but set top boxes and MP3 players.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Career Limiting Moves
Leadership3 min read

Career Limiting Moves

Most managers want to move up. It is characteristic to have ambition in organizations.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

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