kmcgourty2Aug 10, 20215 minWhat baseball Can Teach Us About StrategyA few months ago I was watching the Giants play the Angles (June 22, 2021 - Giants 5, Angles 0). In the second inning the Angles had...
kmcgourty2Jun 16, 20212 minWhat is strategy? I thought you might want to know.If you google “strategy” the following definition will appear: “a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.”...
kmcgourty2Mar 17, 20211 minStrategy Should Follow ObjectivesDon't confuse motion with progress. That is essential what happens if your strategy isn't focused on achieving a specific result. So get...
kmcgourty2Apr 8, 20203 minThe New Rules of Doing Business During and After Covid-19I truly hope and trust you are well and are in good spirits during these extraordinary times during the Covid-19 crisis. Yes indeed, we...
kmcgourty2Oct 15, 20193 minKeep Your Plans Simple StupidIt isn’t that we don’t plan. It’s actually pretty easy to plan. I can tell you first hand, I have written thousands of plans. Many of...
kmcgourty2Dec 12, 20174 minRethinking the Christmas Tree – the Never-Green Holiday Tree is BornSo it’s Christmas time and once again I find myself wondering why do I need to put up a Christmas tree anyway? What’s the purpose or...
kmcgourty2Nov 15, 20173 minWant to Improve Your Innovation Results? Then Approach Innovation as a SystemA colleague of mine pointed out to me: “Every business is perfectly designed to produce the results it is producing.” What a profound...
kmcgourty2Oct 23, 20174 minCreating the Next Big Thing for Middle Market CompaniesI recently joined Mike Smart Founder and Principal Consultant at Egress Solutions on a webinar to discuss the need and challenges middle...
kmcgourty2Feb 8, 20174 minStrategy Needs to Evolve to Meet the Challenges of a Changing EnvironmentImagine you are the quarterback in the big game, and you find your team down 17 to 0, with 8 minutes remaining in the game. Your game...
kmcgourty2Nov 16, 20164 minThe Balancing Act Between Deliberate and Emergent StrategyIn my previous article, The Reports of Strategic Planning’s Death Is Greatly Exaggerated, we discussed why top-down (deliberate/intended)...
kmcgourty2Sep 19, 20164 minThe Reports of Strategic Planning’s Death Is Greatly ExaggeratedWhen I read management articles about the death of strategic planning, I am reminded by the quote Mark Twain quipped after hearing a...
kmcgourty2Jul 20, 20164 minWhy Breakthrough Ideas Often Never See the Light of DayA common ailment of new product development is the inability of companies to kill off projects that no longer demonstrate economic...
kmcgourty2Jun 17, 20163 minCreating a Competitive Advantage Requires a Reformulation of Your Strategic PlaybookIn a fast pace competitive environment where change is the only real constant, how does a business build and maintain a competitive...
kmcgourty2May 17, 20163 minIdentify “Strategic Possibilities” Using the Jobs-To-Be-Done Opportunity MatrixIn my last article, “Finding The Next Big Opportunity Using Jobs-To-Be-Done Innovation Theory,” I presented the “jobs-to-be-done (J2BD)...
kmcgourty2Apr 19, 20164 minFinding The Next Big Opportunity Using Jobs-To-Be-Done Innovation TheoryAll successful companies have a clear strategic direction of where to play (their target market) and how to win (their unique value...
kmcgourty2Mar 14, 20163 minGreat Ideas Are the Fuel of Successful InnovationComing up with great ideas must be a priority for companies who want to launch a continuous stream of successful new products. The better...
kmcgourty2Feb 9, 20163 minThe root cause of new product failures and a cureStudies have shown that the failure rate for new products across most industries runs between 40% to 90% of the time. And most failures...
kmcgourty2Jan 13, 20164 minYour New Innovation Promises to Change the World – But Is The World Ready For Change?You have a great new solution that you believe passionately will help people get an important job done way better than what they are...
kmcgourty2Dec 21, 20154 min2015 End of Year Quotes to NoodleHard to believe, but 2015 is almost over At the end of each year, I like to post my favorite quotes I come across that either inspired...
kmcgourty2Nov 23, 20154 min“i-watch” form the sidelines: a great idea or too little too soon?Dick Tracy was wearing a “smartwatch” way back in 1946. So the idea of a smartwatch is nothing new, at least not in the imagination of...