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    What baseball Can Teach Us About Strategy
    kmcgourty2
    • Aug 10, 2021
    • 5 min

    What baseball Can Teach Us About Strategy

    A 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...
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    What is strategy? I thought you might want to know.
    kmcgourty2
    • Jun 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    What 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.”...
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    Strategy Should Follow Objectives
    kmcgourty2
    • Mar 17, 2021
    • 1 min

    Strategy Should Follow Objectives

    Don't confuse motion with progress. That is essential what happens if your strategy isn't focused on achieving a specific result. So get...
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    The New Rules of Doing Business During and After Covid-19
    kmcgourty2
    • Apr 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    The New Rules of Doing Business During and After Covid-19

    I truly hope and trust you are well and are in good spirits during these extraordinary times during the Covid-19 crisis. Yes indeed, we...
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    Keep Your Plans Simple Stupid
    kmcgourty2
    • Oct 15, 2019
    • 3 min

    Keep Your Plans Simple Stupid

    It 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...
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    Rethinking the Christmas Tree – the Never-Green Holiday Tree is Born
    kmcgourty2
    • Dec 12, 2017
    • 4 min

    Rethinking the Christmas Tree – the Never-Green Holiday Tree is Born

    So 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...
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    Want to Improve Your Innovation Results? Then Approach Innovation as a System
    kmcgourty2
    • Nov 15, 2017
    • 3 min

    Want to Improve Your Innovation Results? Then Approach Innovation as a System

    A colleague of mine pointed out to me: “Every business is perfectly designed to produce the results it is producing.” What a profound...
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    Creating the Next Big Thing for Middle Market Companies
    kmcgourty2
    • Oct 23, 2017
    • 4 min

    Creating the Next Big Thing for Middle Market Companies

    I recently joined Mike Smart Founder and Principal Consultant at Egress Solutions on a webinar to discuss the need and challenges middle...
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    Strategy Needs to Evolve to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Environment
    kmcgourty2
    • Feb 8, 2017
    • 4 min

    Strategy Needs to Evolve to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Environment

    Imagine 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...
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    The Balancing Act Between Deliberate and Emergent Strategy
    kmcgourty2
    • Nov 16, 2016
    • 4 min

    The Balancing Act Between Deliberate and Emergent Strategy

    In my previous article, The Reports of Strategic Planning’s Death Is Greatly Exaggerated, we discussed why top-down (deliberate/intended)...
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    The Reports of Strategic Planning’s Death  Is Greatly Exaggerated
    kmcgourty2
    • Sep 19, 2016
    • 4 min

    The Reports of Strategic Planning’s Death Is Greatly Exaggerated

    When I read management articles about the death of strategic planning, I am reminded by the quote Mark Twain quipped after hearing a...
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    Why Breakthrough Ideas Often Never See the Light of Day
    kmcgourty2
    • Jul 20, 2016
    • 4 min

    Why Breakthrough Ideas Often Never See the Light of Day

    A common ailment of new product development is the inability of companies to kill off projects that no longer demonstrate economic...
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    Creating a Competitive Advantage Requires a Reformulation of Your Strategic Playbook
    kmcgourty2
    • Jun 17, 2016
    • 3 min

    Creating a Competitive Advantage Requires a Reformulation of Your Strategic Playbook

    In a fast pace competitive environment where change is the only real constant, how does a business build and maintain a competitive...
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    Identify “Strategic Possibilities” Using the Jobs-To-Be-Done Opportunity Matrix
    kmcgourty2
    • May 17, 2016
    • 3 min

    Identify “Strategic Possibilities” Using the Jobs-To-Be-Done Opportunity Matrix

    In my last article, “Finding The Next Big Opportunity Using Jobs-To-Be-Done Innovation Theory,” I presented the “jobs-to-be-done  (J2BD)...
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    Finding The Next Big Opportunity Using  Jobs-To-Be-Done Innovation Theory
    kmcgourty2
    • Apr 19, 2016
    • 4 min

    Finding The Next Big Opportunity Using Jobs-To-Be-Done Innovation Theory

    All successful companies have a clear strategic direction of where to play (their target market) and how to win (their unique value...
    3 views0 comments
    Great Ideas Are the Fuel of Successful Innovation
    kmcgourty2
    • Mar 14, 2016
    • 3 min

    Great Ideas Are the Fuel of Successful Innovation

    Coming up with great ideas must be a priority for companies who want to launch a continuous stream of successful new products. The better...
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    The root cause of new product failures and a cure
    kmcgourty2
    • Feb 9, 2016
    • 3 min

    The root cause of new product failures and a cure

    Studies have shown that the failure rate for new products across most industries runs between 40% to 90% of the time. And most failures...
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    Your New Innovation Promises to  Change the World – But Is The World Ready For Change?
    kmcgourty2
    • Jan 13, 2016
    • 4 min

    Your 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...
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    2015 End of Year Quotes to Noodle
    kmcgourty2
    • Dec 21, 2015
    • 4 min

    2015 End of Year Quotes to Noodle

    Hard 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...
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    “i-watch” form the sidelines: a great idea or too little too soon?
    kmcgourty2
    • Nov 23, 2015
    • 4 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...
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