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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...
kmcgourty2
Aug 10, 20215 min read


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.”...
kmcgourty2
Jun 16, 20212 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Mar 16, 20211 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Apr 8, 20203 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Oct 15, 20193 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Dec 12, 20174 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Nov 15, 20173 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Oct 23, 20174 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Feb 8, 20174 min read


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)...
kmcgourty2
Nov 16, 20164 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Sep 19, 20164 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Jul 20, 20164 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Jun 17, 20163 min read


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)...
kmcgourty2
May 17, 20163 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Apr 19, 20164 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Mar 14, 20163 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Feb 9, 20163 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Jan 13, 20164 min read


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...
kmcgourty2
Dec 21, 20154 min read


“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...
kmcgourty2
Nov 23, 20154 min read
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