Antoine Buteau (Page 86)

Profile May 16, 2018 3 min read Free

Lessons from Louis Tetu, CEO at Coveo

Louis Tetu is a Quebec City entrepreneur and is currently the Chairman and CEO of Coveo an enterprise search company. Prior to Coveo, Louis co-founded Taleo Corporation, the leading provider of software for talent and human capital management, acquired by Oracle for $1.9B in February 2012. 1. On the

Profile Jan 31, 2018 3 min read Free

Lessons from Boris Wertz, Partner at Version One

Boris Wertz is a top tech early-stage investors based in Vancouver. He is the founding partner of Version One and a board partner with Andreessen Horowitz. Previously, Boris was the COO of AbeBooks.com which sold to Amazon in 2008. I recommend to read his blog and follow him on

Strategy Oct 25, 2017 2 min read Free

The Concept of Ideal Strategy and its Realization

Bottom line: Many of the organizations use various strategies to define, plan and reach their objectives. In this paper, the author looked at competitive strategies (Red Ocean), monopoly strategy (Blue Ocean), sustainable strategy (Green Ocean) and unethical strategy for survival (Black Ocean) to develop the concept of optimum strategy which

Strategy Oct 17, 2017 2 min read Free

The Positive Impact of Strategic Planning on Small Firm Growth

Bottom line: At PNR, we are big fans of strategic planning. Most organisations struggle with strategic planning, and are even less effective when it comes to its execution. We’ve solved this challenge by applying the principles of agility to the highest levels of an organisation. By implementing our Agile

Strategy Oct 11, 2017 4 min read Free

Making Fast Strategic Decisions in High-Velocity Environments

Bottom line: As we saw in Schumpeter’s Ghost: Is Hypercompetition Making the Best of Times Shorter?, we are currently living in a world where the duration of sustained competitive advantage has shortened over time. Managers react to this hyper-competitive environment by switching from building and sustaining a single advantage

Operations Sep 27, 2017 2 min read Free

Critical Success Factors of Agile Projects

Bottom line: Critical success factors are the few key areas where satisfactory results will enable the business and managers to achieve their goals. Agile success factors can be classified into five main categories: organizational, people, process, project and technical. Agile principles were introduced in the early 90’s to overcome

Strategy Sep 12, 2017 2 min read Free

Coopetition for radical innovation: technology, market and business model perspectives

In the last 40 years, the financial value of tangible and intangible assets have completely reversed. Tangible assets are physical things (e.g.: machinery, buildings, inventory), whereas intangible assets are the results of intellectual work (e.g.: patents, trademarks, goodwill, brand recognition). As intangible assets become increasingly important, the costs

Operations Aug 29, 2017 2 min read Free

The limits of checklists: paradigmatic versus narrative thinking

In 2009, Atul Gawande published The Checklist Manifesto which focused on how well-designed checklists can improve outcomes. Although the book was quite popular, we need to be careful to apply checklists in the right situation, because they have limits and are by no means replacement for critical thinking. Bottom line:

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