Business innovation means something different to each company. For some, it’s all about the product: To innovate, an idea must bring something new to the market. Others view innovation as change: If incremental improvements are made, it’s innovative. There’s also...
This post was originally published in Entrepreneur.com Rebranding is one of the most high-stakes initiatives a company can undertake. But businesses often launch rebrands according to what they think is cool or catchy rather than what their customers want. They...
Most CEOs see culture as their company’s version of an appendix: They don’t think much about it
The present can be ugly and fraught with nasty little problems that are intractable and complicated.
Toxic employees hinder innovation — period.
Opportunity to take questions from students about my leadership experience, style and practices.
This post was originally published by Innovation Excellence on March 27, 2016 Innovation means different things to different companies. For Mars Inc., it means rethinking the textures, colors, and flavors of its 75-year-old M&M’s. For its chief competitor, The Hershey...
Recently, in an annual meeting, I put a Twinkie and a Kindle on every seat. I talked about Amazon and its remarkable success in developing and constantly iterating the Kindle. On the other hand, Hostess’ lack of product change had...
No More Mr. Nice Guy! Stop Dysfunction to Build a World Class Team
When you hire new employees, especially young ones, they are anxious to fit into the company.
The Wall Street Journal recently published a column on Walmart’s plans to squeeze more cost concessions out of its already squeezed suppliers to regain its lowest cost position. I have often said that some sales people want to give away...
Target Corporation recently announced that it will cut several thousand jobs ...
The death of Radio Shack was recently reported in the Wall Street Journal
Most disruptive technologies that can destroy your business are unseen, unknown, and unknowable.
The Week Business Resolutions Die In today’s Wall Street Journal an article titled “The Week Resolutions Die” appeared in the Personal Journal section. According to Facebook research, check-ins of “gym” or “fitness” start off with a bang in January, then...