Very often, I emphasize on the importance of “facing the brutal facts” for businesses to overcome their challenges and have a good strategy for winning. Unless you know, unless you acknowledge, unless you accept that a problem exists, you simply can not fix it. This is simply what Professor Richard Rumelt attempts to explain in his insightful article at...

Provocative, insightful and Must-read for every CEO! Read the full article at Strategy & Business. “How CEOs can turn conflict, dissent, and disagreement into a powerful tool for driving performance. Chief executives most often work in a pressure-cooker atmosphere where two kinds of tension are present. The first kind is the natural tension that exists...

Artists usually ask the help of friends, visitors or even strangers for quick views on their paintings and artwork. Graphic designers follow the same practice. They relate it to the need of fresh eye. Our minds become just after 30 minutes acquainted with the idea or the work being done to the extent that discrepancies become blared. I’ve read years back that...

Many of today’s managers underestimate the essence and impact of their organizational cultures. The elements that control work places, values, ethics, and the untold rules and stories are often ignored, and business strategies, alone, are assumed to do the job. Drucker’s statement “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” is wholeheartedly...

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...