Innovation2 min read
Can You Spot a Bad Idea – Pizza Hut of Yum Brands and Stuffed Pan Pizza
Pizza Hut’s 'Stuffed Crust Pan Pizza' is a costly variation, not a market-expanding innovation
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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Leadership2 min read
Can You Recognize a Whirlpool?
The fact is that Kodak is in the Whirlpool – and Kodak is far more likely to follow Polaroid into the history books than ever regain its lost value.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Future3 min read
Can You Co-create?
Ramaswamy and Prahalad use the same facts about business troubles as we use.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation1 min read
Can Sony Sing?
Sony is still full of innovators. Both in devices and content.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Can Netflix Double Pivot to Be a Media Game Changer?
Netflix has been a remarkable company. Because it has accomplished something almost no company has ever done.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Investment5 min read
Can Jet.com Save Walmart From Sears’ Fate?
Walmart’s Crime Problem Is Another Telltale Sign Of Problems In The Business Model
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Can Aol Resurrect Itself With Huffpo Acquisition?
HuffPo’s team of bloggers has shown that it’s possible to build a profitable news organization today – if you do it right.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation4 min read
Call to Action – Why We Have to Change
The recession’s deep impact shows traditional methods fail; innovation and new products are essential.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Culture7 min read
California Legislators– Not Even You Can Stop A Trend
In 2019, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill, AB5 “The Gig Economy Law.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation7 min read
California Legislators – Not Even You Can Stop a Trend
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Buying the Goose for Golden Eggs – Then Plucking It
The web changed things. We now do company research on-line, rather than through paper-based company reports.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Buying the Business – Kraft, Cadbury and Del Monte Vs. Google & Apple
The executives want to do "more of the same" hoping additional cost cutting (synergies – remember that word?) will give them profits from these overpriced revenues
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Investment3 min read
Buying Trouble
The problem is that too often people try to buy a company that’s "cheap", using its past history as the basis.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
Buying Grandpa’s Medicine
The new Ford CEO said "The sale of Aston Martin supports the key objectives of the company, to restructure to operate profitably at lower volumes and changed model mix and to speed the development of new products.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Buy Into Trends – Buy Chipotle Sell Mcdonald’s
McDonald’s strategy was built on a 1960s trend for speed and consistency in food.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation6 min read
Buy Facebook, P&g’s Ceo Told You to
Buy Facebook's IPO for long-term growth as the shift to online advertising accelerates, positioning Facebook to dominate and outpace traditional media.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation3 min read
Buy Apple, Sell Microsoft
Apple’s strong performance and innovation make it a solid investment, while Microsoft's outdated strategies and missed opportunities suggest it’s less promising.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
Business is Not an Olympic Sport
The Olympic gymnast is a great athlete. Designed and practiced to be the best at his sport.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Strategy1 min read
Business Strategy – Plan for market disruptions to grow for greater value creation
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
Business Myths
The reality is that businesses either grow or die. Businesses exist in a competitive marketplace.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation4 min read
Business Lifeblood – Innovation – Amazon Kindle and Management’s Role
CEOs must foster innovation to adapt to market shifts, as Bezos did with the Kindle.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
Business Lessons From the Fall of Afghanistan
It took 35 years to build the infrastructure for VHS tapes, then DVDs, to become a big market
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation1 min read
Business It’s all about growth. Apply innovation for greater value creation through growth
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation4 min read
Bulls, Bears – Lions, Tigers and Buybacks – Oh My! Investor’s Long-term Threat
Corporations' reliance on share buybacks instead of investing in innovation and growth raises concerns about the sustainability of future profits, especially as the market faces potential downturns.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
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