recasting your company as a ’smart growth’ venture?

For all companies of course, but perhaps even more so for those in the mid-range, finding (and boasting about) one’s uniqueness, one’s ‘distinctive competencies’ is paramount.
Management consultants – at least some of the edgier ones – have been warming to the ideas of how companies can grow in ways that are less brittle to massive [...]

panic versus urgency

My own sense of complacency was shattered into a VERY big number of little pieces with a particular bit of news over the course of the last few days. 
I panic -d. Simple as that.  SO, I started sending panic-y emails to my closest friends, my confidants.
One old friend reminded my of an important distinction, the [...]

It may not be Business As Usual … for a while

For a very long time one of my consulting specialties had to do with helping companies plan for turbulent times.  We *used* to think we knew what turbulence was…  While the specific methods could get us bogged down in really silly-sounding ‘consultant speak,’ one of the most important things we argued was that the future [...]