Successful People? They Are Just Lucky
Except, this is not that simple… “Talent Versus Luck: The Role of Randomness in Success and Failure” is the title of a paper by Alessandro Pluchino, Alessio Emanuele Biondo, and…
Strategy in Three Minutes. Episode 30
1. Strategy and Value Exchange: The best problem is the one no one notices So, no one calls it a problem Going to a supermarket or restaurant didn’t seem like…
Unlock Hidden Profit: Your Value Chain Goes Beyond Customers
Those who manage customer relationships become successful. Those who manage the whole value chain become invincible. That’s why Amazon can’t offer prices as low as those Temu provides. Chinese retail…
Resistance to change and Newton’s Gravity law
Criticizing your employees for resisting change is like blaming an apple for falling down instead of up. Every large system tends to maintain its structure. Systems analysis has a term:…
Strategy in Three Minutes. Episode 29
1. Strategy and Value Exchange: The illusion of innovation – and how to avoid it If you start with hypotheses, you’ve already lost Hypotheses bias our thinking. That’s why 80%…
The Business Paradox: the More You Think of Profit, the Less You Make
The goal of a business is not to earn profits but to create a company that earns profits The way you put your business mission, vision, and purpose can ruin…
The power of giving up
No one can generate only great ideas. But the best entrepreneurs give up bad ideas fast. Gurus instill in startup founders that mistakes are a blessing – that they teach…
The Happiest Time of Our Lives
How can we get back there? The door is inside us, we just don’t see it. When I ask people what the happiest period of their life was, most answer…
Strategy in Three Minutes. Episode 28
1. Strategy and Value Exchange: Why dinosaurs don’t give birth to unicorns HSBC shuts down Wise competitor Zing James Allan, HSBC’s head of FX and payments, launched Zing to much…