Explore in-depth explanations of essential business strategies and frameworks. Learn how to apply concepts like the Flywheel, Core and Context, and Activity Maps to drive growth and innovation in your organization.
Employee engagement is one of those terms that leaders hear constantly, but many underestimate its true business impact. Engagement isn’t about whether employees seem happy or smile during meetings; it’s about how emotionally connected they are to their work and their organization. And that emotional connection has measurable consequences. According to Gallup’s 2024 State of … Read more
Scaling up in business means growing your company in a way that is sustainable, profitable, and efficient, not just increasing sales or headcount. According to the Kauffman Foundation (2024), fewer than 10% of startups actually succeed in scaling, while most remain small businesses or fail due to growing too quickly without systems in place. In … Read more
A Level 10 Meeting is a structured weekly meeting designed within the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) framework to keep leadership teams aligned, accountable, and focused on results. Unlike traditional meetings that often drift into unproductive conversations, the Level 10 format provides a 90-minute agenda that prioritizes solving issues, reviewing progress, and ensuring every leader leaves … Read more
A strategic inflection point (SIP) is the moment when fundamental changes in an industry, market, or technology force a company to adapt, or risk decline. The term was popularized by Andy Grove, the legendary CEO of Intel, who described it as the time when a business must make critical choices to survive disruptive shifts. According … Read more
The 3 Ps of Marketing – Product, Price, and Promotion – are core elements of any marketing strategy. They determine what you sell, how much you charge, and how you communicate your offer to the market. Together, they shape how a business attracts customers, differentiates itself from competitors, and achieves sales goals. Unlike broader marketing … Read more
Big Data as a Service (BDaaS) is a cloud-based service model where providers deliver tools, infrastructure, and platforms for storing, processing, and analyzing massive datasets without the customer needing to build or maintain their big data environment. In simple terms, it allows businesses to access enterprise-grade big data capabilities on demand, paying for only what … Read more
A virtuous circle is one where a good event feeds on itself to improve business further. It is a positive feedback loop. A virtuous circle can be small operating over days or it can drive a whole company’s strategy for decades. The same positive feedback loop can also run in reverse however, to create a vicious … Read more
Creating a robust strategy is vital for any organization’s long-term success. However, developing a strategy involves making choices, and making choices necessitates having viable alternatives. Generating these alternatives can be challenging, often leading organizations to pay lip service to the process rather than creating genuine options. This article explores why generating alternatives is difficult, how … Read more
Chicken and Egg strategy problems occur whenever the value proposition to two separate groups is dependent on penetration in the other. An example is an auction site like eBay, with the number of buyers driving attractiveness to sellers, and likewise the number of sellers driving attractiveness to buyers. This situation will power a virtuous circle once an … Read more
The S curve is a strategic concept that describes how the old ways mature and are superseded by new ways. In the early days of new technology, it takes a long time to improve performance. People are working out the technology, and the applications, ironing out the flaws, and building the ecosystem. Slowly over time, … Read more