Category Archives: Strategy
Will the iPhone rule?
The Peter Burrows’s BusinessWeek article, How big will the iPhone be? discusses the potential impact that the iPhone may have on Apple. Burrows projects that the iPhone could translate into a $10 billion business for Apple – even in a … Continue reading
Filed under 3G, Apple, AT&T, BusinessWeek, iPhone, Peter Burrow, Product Launch, Strategy, Technology
Promise-Based Management
Most of the vexing challenges leaders face – improperly executed strategy, lack of organizational agility, disengaged employees, and so on – stem from broken or poorly crafted commitments. Executives can overcome some of their thorniest problems in the short … Continue reading
Perfecting product launches
The April 2007 edition of the Harvard Business Review contained the article “Preparing for the perfect product launch” by James P. Hackett, President and CEO of Steelcase. Hackett does a wonderful job of explaining the troubles that many organizations … Continue reading
Do companies need a second in command?
Recently I read an article written by Nathan Bennett and Stephen Miles which was published in the May 2006 issue of Harvard Business Review entitled, “Second in Command” which discusses the relationship between CEOs and COOs. The authors point … Continue reading
Filed under CEO, COO, Harvard Business Review, Leadership, Nathan Bennett, Stephen Miles, Strategy, Uncategorized
