Leadership4 min read
Why Activists Succeed – and Will Change Yahoo
Activists have been around a long time. And for years, they were despised.
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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Leadership3 min read
Why Acquisitions Often Don’t Work – Myspace and Newscorp.
The business media get really excited about acquisitions. And it is clear that many executives still think acquisitions are a good way to grow – especially when wanting to enter new markets.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
Who’s Responsible?
The internet started to affect how people searched for and acquired information by the mid-1990s.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation4 min read
Who’s Got the Money? – Visa, Mastercard, at&t, Verizon, Discover, Paypal
Smartphones could soon replace cash, checks, and credit cards, revolutionizing payments and potentially rendering traditional transaction methods obsolete.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation7 min read
Who’s Ceo of the Year? Bezo’s (Amazon) or Page (Google)?
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation3 min read
Who “gets It”? – Employment, Investing and Ibm
IBM’s $9.2 billion stock buyback may boost short-term share prices, but investing in innovation would yield long-term value for shareholders, employees, and the economy.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation2 min read
Who to Follow in 2010? – Amazon, Walmart
Happy New Year! Wal-Mart's cost cuts aren't innovative, while Amazon's growth comes from innovation.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Who Wants a Big Mac for Christmas? Bah! Humbug! Mcdonald’s Scrooge!
The number of single people has risen over the last decade.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Who Pulled the Rug?
The reality is that most companies falter because they miss market shifts – and the shifts cause competitors to become relatively more attractive.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Strategy2 min read
Who Bought the Donuts?
Krispy Kreme has been a “one-trick pony.” The company had a simple Success Formula: open more stores
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation4 min read
White Space is to Make Money – Ge Homeland Protection
White Space projects are crucial for growth. If they fail, exit wisely, as GE did with airport security.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation5 min read
White Space for Electric Cars – Nissan, Chevrolet, Ford, Tesla
Electric cars need innovative White Space strategies and new distribution methods, not traditional approaches.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation2 min read
White Space and Beer
Anheuser-Busch's entry into India's beer market is a strategic move into White Space for growth and learning.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Technology3 min read
White Space Overcomes D&e – Apple and Microsoft
In 2000 Apple relied on Mac sales. But now, it has 2 businesses that are as large as the computer business.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
White Space Has to Produce Results
The company had been laying off thousands, and most analysts were calling for more reductions.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
White Space Benefits the Smallest Businesses
The allure of doing one thing is high, but in the end the best businesses always utilize White Space.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Strategy1 min read
White Collar Blues
The work world isn’t like we were promised in school
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation3 min read
Where’s the Rug?
Chicago traders face job shifts as computer trading replaces them. Many are finding new roles in varied fields.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Where’s the Next Lee Iacocca When You Need Him?
The economy was bad, but nothing like the banking crisis we're in now, and a recalcitrant Congress was not happy. Nonetheless, they prevailed and Democrat Jimmy Carter signed guarantee approval in January, 1978.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Culture1 min read
Where’d You Shop for Holiday Gifts?
Sears is still trying to figure out what to do with Martha Stewart.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Where You Going to Shop? – Not Sears
The company has closed another 28 stores, and sales in stores remaining open the last year have declined on average more than 8% for each store
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation3 min read
Where Innovation Creates Value – Mckinsey, Apple, Google, Verizon
McKinsey’s report shows innovation's value lies in implementation, not ideas, and requires investment and disruption.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation7 min read
Where Did All the Jobs Go? 9 Recommendations for Mr. Obama!
To create jobs, we must invest in innovation, support small businesses, and enhance digital infrastructure instead of relying on outdated solutions.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation8 min read
Where Bartz Blew It, and What Yahoo! Needs to Do Now
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
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