50 Questions to Spark Strategic Innovation

I believe that strategy is change and I know that change can be hard — but getting started shouldn’t be. You just need to be willing to ask the right kinds of questions, the answers to which will prompt you to reimagine every area of your business — from your value proposition to your product […]
The Future Is Not Now

The future is, by definition, in the future. Sounds obvious enough, so why did I think it would be worth pointing this out? I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard or read proclamations that “the future is now.” That we are “living in the future today.” That the future “has arrived.” Over the past […]
5 Tips for Avoiding Communication Breakdown

If you haven’t heard the audio of AOL chief Tim Armstrong firing an employee during an all-hands meeting that was ostensibly meant to reassure nervous workers after the company announced its plans for scaling back its network of hyper-local Patch portals, you can check it out at Business Insider. Approximately two minutes into his prepared remarks […]