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How to Think Clearly in Turbulent Times: Lessons from Charlie Munger
Munger’s success was built on a system for decision-making—not a classical investment philosophy, but rather a mental discipline underpinning one. We outline four ideas strategists can learn from Munger to think more clearly in turbulent times.
Author: Martin Reeves | Source: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | Subjects: Decision Making, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
6 Strategic Concepts That Set High-Performing Companies Apart
Strategic concepts come in and out of fashion as the needs and dynamics of the marketplace change. Research and analysis of today’s landscape identifies six key strategic concepts that set outperforming companies apart: Borrow someone’s road, partner with a third party, reveal your strategy, be good, let the competition go, and adopt small scale attacks.
Author: Kaihan Krippendorff | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Strategy
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
The path to leadership can seem unclear in competitive organizations. In the book The Treasure You Seek, Archie L. Jones offers a roadmap to help aspiring leaders discover their strengths, communicate effectively, and build meaningful connections.
Authors: Archie L. Jones, Dina Gerdeman | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Personal Development
Annual Planning Sucks — A CPO, CRO, CFO, and COO Share Advice on How to Make it Better
Four top execs reveal their annual planning secrets from Notion, Stripe, Vanta, Linear, Linktree and more. From addressing AI to adjusting org charts, this COO, CFO, CPO & CRO share insights so startups at any stage can build effective, realistic plans.
Authors: Cristina Cordova, Jiaona Zhang, Rama Katkar, Stevie Case | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Management, Planning, Strategy
What to Keep In-House and When to Use an Agency: A Four-Part Decision Framework
What should I keep in-house (i.e., do with teams inside the company's four walls), and when should I use an agency? That marketing/advertising dilemma may be one of the most persistent. The decision is hugely consequential, and so it would be ideal to apply some sort of lens that can help you make some sense of all the noise around this topic.
I've worked at agencies … [ Read more ]
Author: Jared Belsky | Source: MarketingProfs | Subject: Marketing / Sales
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What brings repeated success in mergers and acquisitions? What ensures that IT does not cause a deal to falter? A playbook that makes IT integration faster, better, and future-proof.Decision Quality: Improving Value from Capital Allocation
Without well-developed decision systems and processes to address the complexities of capital allocation, organizations often resort to long, drawn-out debates; politicking and gaming the system; the gut instincts of a brave executive and staff; or deferring to quantitative analysis alone. With large amounts at stake, the opportunities for improved decision quality can be considerable.