The Short Road to Ignominy
Every day we confront the consequences of actions taken in the past. It may be a slight inconvenience caused by a shopper who left their cart in a parking space, […]
Strategy When the Well Runs Dry
We are not in a recession. But the economic conditions are erratic. At best, they’re dangerously uncertain, at worst, foreboding. This is especially tough if you are a founder in […]
There is No Message in That Latte
What happens when you base your strategy on a pattern that isn’t actually there? Jason Goldberg and Bradford Shellhammer founded Fabulis, a social network for gay men. In 2009 they transitioned […]
Private Strategy
Often, when I first ask startup founders about their strategies, they usually tell me what their goals are for the year. Or they provide a laundry list of projects that […]
Mind the Gap –Executive Edition
As we discussed last week, in most organizations, the strategy doesn’t make it very far beneath the C-suite. This isn’t obvious when you are part of the senior team that […]
The Low-Hanging Fruit Dilemma
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. -John F. Kennedy “Pick the low-hanging […]
Spring Clean Your Resolutions
Believe it or not, spring is nearly here. That means that we have already progressed a quarter of the way through this year. No time to read? Watch the video […]
How Was Next Year?
Happy New Year! Watch the video here! Take a minute and imagine that you were an Olympic diver. As preparation for the world championships, part of your training includes regularly […]
Stop In The Middle
There is an interesting story about Ernest Hemingway. They say that whenever he walked away from writing for the day he always stopped in the middle of a sentence. With […]
Back From The Future
New Year, Birthday, Graduation — They All Mean Goal-Setting Like it or not, at the beginning of the year, we experience a line of demarcation in our lives. After all, […]