New-age value creation: Working backwards from the future you envision

Nairobi, July 8 -- "A plan is not a strategy. A strategy is not a plan," advises Roger Martin. Do leading-edge firms like Google or Tesla do traditional five-year plans? Then, label them with the buz... और पढ़ें

Want lasting success? Think small to grow big

Nairobi, July 1 -- "You can't be seen, until you learn to see" -- marketing whiz, Seth Godin. Is "How can we reach more customers?" the first question to ask? Or, should one start by asking, "Which s... और पढ़ें

Questions to help determine your firm's innovativeness

Nairobi, June 24 -- "It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all" --Edward de Bono. Do market capture innovation ideas require mo... और पढ़ें

Here's why straight-line thinking fails in business

Nairobi, June 17 -- Tough to see around the next corner with straight line thinking. Look out the window. Do you see any straight lines in nature? Is thinking in a linear way, our built-in default mo... और पढ़ें

Why it helps to think in models, not facts

Nairobi, June 10 -- "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate"- Carl Jung, the Swiss founder of analytical psychology. Ever find yourself upset wit... और पढ़ें

Power of constructive doubt: Why the best decision makers embrace uncertainty

Nairobi, June 3 -- "I'd rather argue against a hundred idiots than have one agree with me," said Winston Churchill. Does how you think matter more than what you think? Can the best match often be a m... और पढ़ें

Is it flawless execution or muddling through?

Nairobi, May 27 -- "We're all just muddling through, after all. We're all just doing the best we can. We're all struggling with our struggles. Nobody has the answers. And everybody, deep down, is a li... और पढ़ें

When is the business problem not the real problem?

Nairobi, May 13 -- "It is always urgent, 'here and now' without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank," said Jose Ortegay Gasset. When is the business problem not the real proble... और पढ़ें

How cutting-edge enterprises take an 'outsider view'

Nairobi, May 6 -- "It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities," said J.K. Rowling. Why do managers often make bad choices? Do decision makers get caught up in the exci... और पढ़ें

Why businesses must rethink their playbook

Nairobi, April 29 -- "Knowledge is a double edged sword. It allows you to do some things, but it makes you blind to other things you could do," said computer scientist Pedro Domingos. To create a pro... और पढ़ें