To create growth in uncertain times, use this disciplined and market-focused methodology. It can help you discover and distill attractive new ideas and build a business case for implementing the best of them.
by Greg Lavery and Chris Manning
After several...
Companies must work to improve their vigilance, versatility and velocity
the 3Vs to success
The misfortunes of giants such as Kodak and Nokia have shown that deep pockets and cutting-edge research count for little unless allied to strategic nimbleness.
Many organisations, from...
According to Herrmann Solutions, numerous recent surveys, confirm that innovation as one of their top priorities, showing that innovation fuels long-term growth.
Business leaders deliver speech after speech calling for a fresh commitment to new ideas, emulating the Steve Jobs’s of the world,...
Quest: Leading Global Transformations
By Professor Anand Narasimhan with Jean-Louis Barsoux
This book identifies and addresses the seven transformation journeys that are reshaping corporations today.It integrates and builds on the collective experience and learning of IMD's professors, who work directly with...
Doug Oberhelman, Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc., at the Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business Distinguished Speaker Series.
"Across the board, finance
executives…believe they spend
too much time on forecasting,
budgeting, and planning. Of these
executives, 73 percent rely
primarily on spreadsheets and
manual processes. When asked
about the most acute problems
with their current planning
process,...
The Sirens of consumer packaged goods (CPG) Strategy
by Steffen Lauster
Some strategic concepts, if they’re held as sacrosanct, can lead an entire industry in the wrong direction. Something of that sort has happened during the past two decades in the...
Strategy That Works: Combining aspiration and execution to create lasting advantage
"Strategy That Works" co-author, Paul Leinwand, brings to life some key concepts from the book. Building on more than a decade of research, he explains how companies like Haier,...
According to professor Carlos Cordon, at IMD, companies such as Adidas and Amazon rewrite the rules on supply chain management with Supply Chain 4.0
The supply chain is no longer just about efficiency, working capital reduction and inventory management. It's about...
Big change in an organisation's environment requires big, thoughtful, responses.
The bigger the change, the more we need a willingness to reconsider every attribute of an organization's business model.
We live in a world of great volatility and surprise, as...