Assessment of the situation to devise a game plan for things to come to fruition.
AI is often framed as a technology problem. Adoption, tooling, talent, and regulation dominate executive conversations. But organizations struggling to extract value from AI are rarely failing due to technology alone. They are failing on the clarity of their business model. A business model defines how an organization creates value, makes decisions, absorbs risk, […]
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CATEGORY: LIVED EXPERIENCES I watch founders blame themselves for execution problems that were never theirs to solve. The campaign didn’t work.The launch fell flat.The content strategy fizzled out after three weeks. And the response is almost always the same: “I didn’t execute hard enough.”“I wasn’t consistent enough.”“I need to push harder.” But most failures labeled as
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Seismic disruptions are reshaping industries with increasing magnitude and frequency.What were once isolated events are now interacting forces—amplifying businessexposure and compressing the time leaders have to respond. Companies still win bysolving real problems customers value, but the assumptions underpinning thoseproblems are becoming more fluid, more interconnected, and harder to predict. This is the defining
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A fire hose without a nozzle just floods the ground. Add a nozzle, and the same force can cut through distance and extinguish the fire. That’s the power of narrowing down—of focus. Most CEOs know focus matters—few know how to design it strategically. Because focus must align with strategic implementation, mere focus is not enough.
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Many CEOs nod when we talk about focus. “Of course,” they say, “we’re clear about our market.” And then I open their strategy deck. Ten customer segments. Fifteen product variations. A sales team spread across every vertical from healthcare to manufacturing — claiming to do everything for everybody, as if they were Amazon with unlimited
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Genchi Genbutsu, The Ultimate ERP and Metrics Based Reporting System Toyota Productions Systems, (TPS) leadership and their employees refer to it as genchi genbutsu. It is one of the most important and powerful analytical tools available to the executive today. What is it., and how can executives use the tool to help them improve their
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Nick Vaidya, MS, MBA, PhD (c) Email:https://the-ceo-magazine.com/Nick-Vaidya/LinkedIn:linkedin.com/in/nickvaidyaYouTube:youtube.com/channel/UC9OPMJeujF-ImmsFV1OfrHg Nick Vaidya is a Wiley Best-Selling author and a regular columnist for Forbes India and The CEO Magazine. He has worn many hats — from University Faculty to CEO/CXO roles across startups, SMBs, and a unicorn — and has also led Strategy and Pricing teams for $8B product
For more than 30 years, Lynne Katzmann has led Juniper Communities, a public company and leader in seniors housing, by prioritizing doing well by doing good. Profits matter (she has investors, after all), but so does providing high-quality care and innovative services for her residents. It’s a “walking the talk” mindset that attracts professionals with
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Alyssa Rapp, Author Leadership & Life Hacks: Insights from a Mom, Wife, Entrepreneur & Executive. Good times come with this certainty: They never last. For businesses, that means formidable challenges (a weak economy, new competition, a sea change in the marketplace) are always just around the corner, and unprepared business leaders face the potential for disaster.
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Dr. Kaihan Krippendorff, Author Driving Innovation from Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs [Columbia Business School Publishing, October 22, 2019] Many people assume that implementing innovative ideas will automatically make a company more successful. But while being innovative may generate admiration, press coverage, and a top spot on various “most innovative companies” lists, it does not necessarily
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