As we watch Capitalism version 2.0 pan out, we are acutely aware of the changing role of government, financial institutions, equity markets in the new landscape. However, look below the surface. The new dynamics are also resulting in a fast-changing kaleidoscope within, with new patterns beginning to emerge. There is new life kicking in amidst all this talk of...

…”the G20 (not G7 or 8) and emerging markets upheavals are changing the rules of the economical game… this report by FT is worth reading..” – Mouaz. It may take months to discover whether the actions taken by last week’s Group of 20 summit in London are enough to rescue the world economy from a prolonged recession, if not...

Strategic-planning season has arrived for many companies, and it couldn’t be more different than it has been in years past. Gone are the days of linear trend-extrapolation exercises that produce base, upside, and downside cases. Strategists, now facing the most profoundly uncertain times in their careers, are creating disaster scenarios that would have been...

 With Wall Street and the economy in upheaval, headlines understandably focus on what went wrong and what to do next. But there’s another important and generally overlooked aspect of this financial crisis: the unfortunate but clear opportunity it affords to develop better leaders. As this crisis unfolds, the men and women in the middle of it still have the...

 When I begin a C-level executive search, most of my clients in the consumer goods sector have a similar request: “Show me the winners.” With a company’s future at stake, boards of directors understandably want to focus on top executives from dominant players ranging from Google to Ralph Lauren. As a result, recruiters often shy away from...