Antoine Buteau (Page 508)

Profile May 17, 2019 2 min read

Lessons from Gerry Schwartz, Founder and Chairman of Onex

Gerry Schwartz, founder and chairman of Onex and its CEO until 2023, offers lessons on private equity, acquisitions, governance, and long-term company building.

Strategy May 02, 2019 13 min read

Change Management in High-Growth Firms

Rapid growth concentrates opportunity but intensifies pressures around finance, recruitment, skills, cash flow, and management. Sustaining expansion requires leaders to develop strategic thinking, coaching, and self-evaluation while deciding whether they can adapt to fundamentally different roles.

Profile Nov 23, 2018 5 min read

Lessons from Mary Barra, CEO of GM

Mary Barra, Chair and CEO of General Motors, offers lessons on crisis leadership, accountability, culture change, technical depth, and transformation.

Profile Jun 24, 2018 4 min read

Lessons from David Ossip, Chair and CEO of Dayforce

David Ossip, Chair and CEO of Dayforce, offers lessons from transforming Ceridian around a cloud HCM platform, scaling teams, renewing culture, and leading through change.

Profile May 16, 2018 6 min read

Lessons from Louis Têtu, Executive Chairman at Coveo

Louis Têtu is Executive Chairman of Coveo, where he served as CEO until April 2025, and a co-founder of Taleo, acquired by Oracle for $1.9 billion. His career offers lessons in building enterprise software and AI businesses.

Profile Jan 31, 2018 6 min read

Lessons from Boris Wertz, Partner at Version One

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One and a board partner with Andreessen Horowitz, brings an operator’s perspective to early-stage technology investing, shaped by his earlier experience as COO of AbeBooks.com before its sale to Amazon.

Strategy Oct 25, 2017 2 min read

The Concept of Ideal Strategy and its Realization

No single strategy can satisfy every objective under real organizational constraints. The proposed optimum mixes competitive, monopoly, sustainable, and survival approaches, selecting among them according to problems and opportunities to pursue long-term profit and continued success.

Strategy Oct 17, 2017 2 min read

The Positive Impact of Strategic Planning on Small Firm Growth

Small-firm growth is associated with strategic planning and systematic decisions, particularly a clear future vision, defined objectives, and analysis translated into action. Alignment, focus, measurement, and accountability help organizations pursue results despite an unpredictable environment.