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Using New Tech to Compete in an Old Industry
Feb 12, 2025The insurance industry is centuries old and has historically been dominated by a few large incumbents. To buy insurance, customers usually go through a broker or an agent. But the industry is experien...
The Key to Sustaining an Enduring Competitive Advantage
Feb 05, 2025It’s a holy grail for many businesses — the search for sustainable competitive advantage. But Chris Zook points out that it’s elusive for most companies. He notes that less than one in ten achieve pro...
A Restaurant Innovator’s Recipe for Strategic Growth
Jan 29, 2025For a long time in the restaurant industry, there were two types of dining experiences: fast food or table service. But Ron Shaich, founder and former chairman and CEO of Panera Bread, managed to crea...
A Middle Manager’s Guide to Executing Strategy
Jan 22, 2025Imagine this scenario: Your company’s executive team has just announced their new master plan for growing the business. Now it’s your job, as a mid-level manager, to put it into practice. So where do ...
Competitive Strategy Lessons from the LIV Golf and PGA Tour Merger
Jan 15, 2025In June 2022, the first ever LIV Golf event teed off outside of London. Offering players larger prizes and more flexibility, LIV Golf aimed to disrupt the sport. In response, the PGA Tour suspended al...
Strategies for Managing Talent Amid Uncertainty and Competition
Jan 08, 2025In the last half century, relationships between employers and their employees have evolved away from being rooted in long-term loyalty to a new paradigm of short-term alliances driven by uncertainty a...
How McKinsey Resisted Disruption
Jan 01, 2025The consulting firm McKinsey has helped its clients navigate disruption in a wide range of industries. But what can we learn from how McKinsey itself responded to disruption in the management consulti...
What It Takes to Thrive During a Crisis
Dec 25, 2024Why did some companies thrive during the Covid-19 pandemic while others struggled? Keith Ferrazzi, founder of the consulting firm Ferrazzi Greenlight, surveyed more than 2,000 executives to learn how ...
How Glossier Maintained Brand Integrity While Scaling
Dec 18, 2024Glossier launched in 2014 as an e-commerce, direct-to-consumer makeup and skincare brand aimed at millennial women. From the start, Glossier’s founder Emily Weiss built a strong digital community arou...
How to Build Long-Term Social Value
Dec 11, 2024What does it take to succeed as a business while doing well by your employees? Harvard Business School professor emeritus Mike Beer has studied companies who invest in building long-term social value ...