Developing Strategy

Truly innovative strategy must emanate from more than objective analysis.

Which features give customers the most bang for the buck?

A corporate sphere of influence is not just a platform for a company’s offensive or defensive initiatives. It is the basis upon which the company builds market power over rivals so it can maneuver freely without fear of retaliation.

Without analysis there can be no useful insight.

A misapplied bottom-up approach can often lead to unintended consequences.

Adapting to rapid structural change requires exploration, not contraction.

The use of risk-assessment tools is far from pervasive.

Today’s world calls for less hypothesis testing and more systematic observation.

Platform leadership is the ability of a company to drive innovation around a particular platform technology at the broad industry level.