In 2010, Apple introduced the iPad. The company did not invent the tablet. It reinvented the tablet and in the process reinvented the personal computer. Now the iPad has become a major disruptive force in changing the dynamics and fortunes of many different industries: traditional PC, cash register, marine navigation etc. The potential to disrupt […]

A strategy that is at odds with a company’s culture is doomed. Culture trumps strategy every time To right an organisation headed for trouble, you need to build a culture that supports strategy implementation. Give employees a reason to care about your customers, their colleagues, and about how to do business right in a world […]

Old sources of advantage, like manufacturing power, distribution strength, even mastery of information flow, don’t matter much anymore. The value of products and services today is based more and more on creativity - the innovative ways that they take advantage of new materials, technologies, and processes. Value creation in the past was a function of […]

A culture of continuous improvement is crucial to organizational performance and survival in an era of profound and accelerating disruption. Don’t risk ending up like Bad Schandau. Organizations with cultures that value continuous improvement are far better at changing their processes and staying competitive. Yet most organizations that make a run at continuous improvement fail […]

Business is becoming ever more complex and according to several major studies less than half the global CEO population feel their organisations are able and prepared to handle the level of complexity they are facing - let alone the level they expect to face in the future. Many industries have had some tough years with […]