Strategy and Operations

The optimal number of strategic goals for your organization

Having a lot of choices is good – until it isn’t. Being presented with too many options can…

What Financial Cycle Time shows about a company’s disruptive power

Financial Cycle Time (FCT) expresses the one thing that the world’s best disruptors have in common: the ability…

How to become an idea broker

Innovation doesn’t have to be a once-in-a-lifetime event – it can be an everyday occurrence. The secret to…

Design thinking: The secret to Nedbank’s success

South African financial services company Nedbank discovered their customers’ real pain points – and how to fix them – using design…

Responding to the new realities of retail

The retail industry faces disruption from all sides. If you embrace digitalization now, your company can stay ahead…

Finance managers: end the acronym obsession

Financial professionals who insist on using complicated industry jargon make the entire field inaccessible.   I have become…

Why you need a reliable way to measure productivity

Without a reliable measure for productivity, your business could be losing out on potential revenue and agility. Duke…

Why you shouldn’t fear technological advances

The only way to address your misgivings about technological advances is to get involved in how they’re made….

A radical proposal to make Apple innovative again

Apple used to be the ultimate exemplar of innovation. But times have changed, and the once-cutting-edge company’s innovative…

How to define profitable growth for your stakeholders

Profitable growth is one of the most important indicators for measuring your company’s financial success, but it’s also…

Five ways that work is fundamentally changing

The way we work will look completely different in five years, let alone fifteen. Here’s the five principles…

Four secrets for taking your company global

Any company that genuinely wants to achieve sustainable global business growth must invest in emerging markets and understand…

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