Book Brief: Strategy Safari
Strategy Safari takes a fun approach to introducing different approaches to performing strategic management.
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Book Glance: Good Strategy/Bad Strategy
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy is perhaps the most readable book I’ve found that provides an excellent introduction to the discipline of strategy and strategy development.
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Book Glance: Made to Stick
A sticky idea as one that is understood, remembered, and has a lasting impact – changing the audience’s opinions or behavior. That’s really the point when we are communicating strategies. Made to Stick explains how.
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What Did JCPenney Forget?
On Friday, May 16, JCPenney filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but JCPenney’s problems didn’t start in early 2020. Where did they go wrong?
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Book Glance: The Pyramid Principle
In The Pyramid Principle Barbara Minto teaches how to think about a strategic problem and then communicate it to others.
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ReStartup: Model Your Cash Flow
A bottoms-up, assumption-driven financial model is an essential tool for most startups and I strongly recommend it for ReStartups.
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Laptop Tutorial: Assumption-Driven Financial Modeling
This Laptop Tutorial demonstrates how to build a bottoms-up assumption-driven financial model for managing under uncertainty.
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ReStartup: Review Your Business Model
In a post-lockdown world, Business Models are another area where established businesses (now ReStartups) can learn a thing or two from entrepreneurs.
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ReStartup: Customers First
As lockdowns end businesses can learn how to restart from entrepreneurs. But what hypotheses do you need to test anyway? Consider Design Thinking and Customer Discovery!
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ReStartup: Build-Measure-Learn
As lockdowns end businesses can learn how to restart from entrepreneurs. But how do you move from hypothesis to proven truth anyway?
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