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The Magic of Innovation—Get “One Ahead” “Losers react, leaders anticipate, and great leaders anticipate greatly.” --David Morey This is the final installment of David’s keynote address at the tenth Annual Wharton DC Innovation Summit at Valo Park, Virginia. Below, the video and excerpt link argue the power of...

Nearly seventy years ago, legendary management consultant Peter Drucker concluded all business is about two things—marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation. And seven decades later, this is truer than ever. Today, both marketing and innovation demand a change-leader focus, a bias for playing offense—and planning...

Boeing is in crisis. This week’s New York Times’ article by Bill Saporito, “Boeing Made a Change to Its Corporate Culture Decades Ago. Now It’s Paying the Price,” tells well the stack of mini-crises that birthed mega-crisis for one of America’s most “iconic” companies. On January...

See below this interesting and important article from Axios


Axios Finish Line

By Mike Allen, Erica Pandey and Jim VandeHei ·Apr 20, 2023 Apr 20, 2023 Axios CEO Jim VandeHei is here with his weekly column on life, work and leadership. Drop him a line: jim@axios.com. * Smart Brevity™ count: 729 words ... 3 mins. Thanks to Amy Stern for the copy edit.

1 big thing: Normal America


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Answers to age-old questions about the nearly 14 billion years of cosmic history are closer than ever, Axios' Miriam Kramer and Alison Snyder write.

  • "We're in a whole new era of astrophysics and planetary science," NASA scientist Stefanie Milam told Axios. "What we are seeing — even in our first glimpses — with the James Webb Space Telescope has just blown our mind. It surpassed our expectations in so many ways."

Three Important Truths Roger Martin

I have received many reader requests for advice on how to think about segmentation when creating strategy. Segmentation is a huge subject with which I could fill several books, so I thought I would focus on the few key things about which I always think when I am working on segmentation and strategy. To that end, I have dedicated my 39th Year II Playing to Win/ Practitioner Insights (PTW/PI) piece to Segmentation & Strategy: Three Important Truths. You can find the previous 91 PTW/PI here.