For decades, leaders have been encouraged to run their organizations like lean, agile startups. They often place their bets on trends like digital transformation or design thinking. This is well-intended, but in isolation these trends
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The Best Ways to Survive Workplace Uncertainty
Congratulations go out to author Phil Buckley! His latest book, Change on the Run, was Soundview most-downloaded book summary during the month of June 2021. Our Top Book Summary in June: Change on the Runby
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Discover Breakthrough Growth at Work and in Life
Book Review by Taylor Berrett In The Clarity Field Guide, authors Benj Miller & Chris White set out to provide a step-by-step instruction manual for increased clarity in life and business. In the book’s introduction,
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Achieve Audacious Business Goals
Book Review by Taylor Berrett Can you master the business world the same way a chess grandmaster develops total control over the chess board? According to Patrick Bet-David and his book, Your Next Five Moves:
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Use ‘Futuring’ to Deal with Hyperchange
Book Review by Taylor Berrett If you’re most intrigued by How to Future: Leading and Sense-Making in an Age of Hyperchange thanks to its high-profile authors, you’re not alone— and you’re certainly justified. Both Scott
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Companies Are Running Experiments on Millions of Users Every Year. What Are the Ethical Implications?
by Stefan Thomke Leading companies – including Microsoft, Amazon, Booking.com, Facebook and Google – each conduct more than ten thousand online controlled experiments annually, which individually engage millions of users. Startups and companies without digital
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Measure Your Strategic Progress
by Margaret Reynolds How do you monitor and measure the progress of your strategic initiatives and projects? Remember that confidence in decision making comes from having reliable data, and that includes data that keeps you
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Connected Strategy by Nicolaj Siggelkow & Christian Terwiesch
Book Review by Andy Ghillyer Interactions between companies and their customers have historically been episodic in nature. A customer identifies an unmet need (either independently or through persuasive marketing) and then proceeds to browse for
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Why Businesses Only Have Price to Compete On
by Matthew Pollard Many businesses feel as though the only way to obtain a competitive edge over their competition is through price. This conclusion, while seemingly obvious, in actuality couldn’t be further from the truth.
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Making Big Decisions Better
How to Set and Simplify Business Strategy With the escalating speed of change, short attention spans, wide range of stated and unstated stakeholder needs, and the insatiable urge to react rather than thoughtfully respond, we
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Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results
There’s a learning curve to running any successful business. But once you begin to rely on past achievements or get stuck in outdated thinking and practices that no longer work, you need to take a
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Anticipate, Adapt, Listen
by Amy Radin A few weeks ago, the big NYC headline was Amazon’s decision to establish a Queens headquarters. What a difference a decade makes. During my days as a Long Island City-based Citibanker, friends
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4 Key Things You Need to Be Successful as a Hospitality Business
by Amy Collett The hospitality industry is one that holds an enduring appeal for entrepreneurs. In fact, according to statistics by the US Small Business Administration, over 60 percent of the food and accommodation sector
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