Strategy 2 min read Free

Company mission in crises

Crises reveal whether a company’s stated purpose governs its actual conduct. A mission becomes effective only when its formal promise, operating practices, and power to motivate employees fit together, especially under pressure from disruption and declining revenue.
Strategy 1 min read Free

The roundabout path to strategy

Direct plans often fail because they assume control over uncertain events. A roundabout strategy instead shapes the conditions from which desirable outcomes can emerge, conserving resources and cultivating advantages that make several favorable paths possible.
Personal Development 1 min read Free

Overcoming impostor syndrome by asking good questions

Self-doubt becomes more manageable when expertise is measured not only by answers, but by the ability to ask valuable questions. Open-ended inquiry builds understanding and trust, creating room for surprising insights rather than merely confirming an existing perspective.
Strategy 1 min read Free

How to evaluate the quality of business books

Business books are most useful when they distinguish theories from provisional models, ground claims in evidence and causation, avoid buzzwords and backward reasoning, and offer concrete mechanisms that help managers understand their environment and act with fewer assumptions.
Strategy 2 min read Free

Organizational debt and conceptual clarity

Avoided decisions accumulate as organizational debt, turning early compromises into later politics, conflict, and communication failures. What appears to be poor listening may instead reflect missing conceptual clarity, as colleagues use the same terms to describe different realities.
Strategy 4 min read Free

The strategy idea maze

Six decades of strategy have produced shifting models for planning, competition, capabilities, innovation, and change, yet execution still frequently fails. Navigating this maze requires treating frameworks as situational tools and grounding choices in a clear understanding of context.
Profile 5 min read Free

Lessons from Charles Sirois, CEO of Telesystem

Charles Sirois, founder, chairman, and CEO of Telesystem, built a career through paging, cellular service, telecom, private equity, mergers, and takeovers—an account of bold, imaginative leadership willing to make hard decisions and challenge conventional thinking.
Profile 4 min read Free

Lessons from Stephen A. Jarislowsky, CEO of Jarislowsky Fraser

Stephen A. Jarislowsky, founder, chairman, and CEO of Jarislowsky Fraser, built the firm into one of Canada’s largest investment managers before its acquisition by Scotiabank, offering a case in creating enduring institutional scale and value.

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