Leadership4 min read
Walmart Investors Should Worry About Tracy Morgan Lawsuit – a Lot
Walmart isn’t doing all that well. It is losing customers, even as the economy recovers
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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Leadership1 min read
Walk Away Smiling
For over a year now Motorola has been opening White Space right and left. The results have been fantastic
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Strategy1 min read
Wal-mart’s “shoot Yourself in the Head” Strategy
The Kindle Fire is squarely targeted at growing retail sales for Amazon
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership6 min read
Wake Up! Ballmer’s Driving Microsoft Off a Cliff!
Steve smiles and says “Well, I wake up Alex.”
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
Wake Up or Get Out of the Way
News Corp is a major player in internet communications owning, among other properties, MySpace.com. This is in addition to book publishing, newspapers, direct broadcast satellite, film, cable TV, and magazines.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation6 min read
Wake Up Call! How Stagnation Spiral is Hurting Illinois
Illinois' economic decline, driven by job losses and high taxes, is prompting residents to consider leaving, highlighting the urgent need for leadership to address the state's deepening issues.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Waiting for the Economy? That Won’t Work.
People fear they'll lose their jobs, so they don't eat out as often.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Wait, Too Late
Kodak missed the digital photography wave, and in the 1990’s was kicked off the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Kodak has recently layed off nearly 30,000 employees
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation5 min read
Vision Beats Numbers – How Apple Showed Intel a Better Way to Grow
Apple's success demonstrates the power of acting on trends rather than relying only on past data.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation1 min read
Virgin- Use White Space to innovate, disrupt markets, grow, drive value creation
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Investment1 min read
Virgin Wins By Investing in Growing Markets C8
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation1 min read
View of the Swamp
Welcome to the Swamp. "It’s always something" Roseann Rosanadana used to say on Saturday Night Live. And so it is in the Swamp.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation5 min read
Verizon’s Aol/yahoo Debacle – Think You Can Fix That?
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Practice5 min read
Verizon's AOL/YAHOO Debacle– Think You Can Fix That?
It is crucial to understand why these to GIANTS of the internet are now part of history’s dustbin.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership1 min read
Velveeta-land
Company CEO Deromedi explained away the poor performance with "We don’t want to repeat mistakes we made in early 2003 when we raised prices and had significant share declines."
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership1 min read
Vegas Big Mac Attack
According to the Chicago Tribune, "The store managers’ performance will largely determine just how successful McDonald’s is going forward."
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Technology5 min read
Value is Created in the Future, Not the Past – U.s. News and Other Old Brands
Businesses have to develop and fulfull future scenarios, and forget about what made them successful in the past.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
Value Goes to Growth – Apple, Microsoft, Sears/kmart
Apple now has a market cap of $210B. Microsoft has a market cap of about $260B.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation3 min read
Value Creating Ceo – Steve Jobs, Innovation and Apple
Steve Jobs added $150 billion in shareholder value, proving innovation drives success more than cost-cutting.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation5 min read
Utilizing Big Trends
President Franklin Roosevelt declared the retirement age would be 65 when he established Social Security.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Technology4 min read
Using White Space to Learn and Grow – Google V Microsoft
Nothing is more accurate than real market feedback, as readers of this blog have heard me say often.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation5 min read
Using Symbols Instead of Results
Apple's success is tied to Steve Jobs' leadership, but long-term sustainability requires institutionalizing self-disruption beyond a single leader.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation2 min read
Use Scenarios to Adopt Tablets – Apple, Cisco, Hp, Microsoft
Are you adapting your business to leverage tablets, shifting focus from traditional PCs and servers to stay competitive as new technology emerges?
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Innovation4 min read
Use Disruptions, Not Goals, to Succeed – Gm
Setting big goals like GM's "29% market share" often fails. Instead, focus on Disruption and innovation to address underlying issues.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
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