article thumbnail

The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases

Tullio Siragusa

The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases In the modern business landscape, we often hear the argument that leaders should be hired from within the same industry to be effective. Here, we make a case for the top five universal leadership skills, which are, arguably, more critical than industry-specific experience.

article thumbnail

Agile Strategy – 16 Strategic Thinking Questions to Explore Disruptive Innovation

BrainZooming

Along with the recap, Inside the Executive Suite offered sixteen strategic thinking questions inspired by the Fanatics case study that you can use to explore agile strategy options within your own organization. We thought the list was intriguing, so we secured the go ahead to share the strategic thinking questions with you here.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies

BrainZooming

You can apply these creative thinking questions to trigger your own brand’s strategic thinking on innovation strategy: Strategy. How is our leadership removing distractions to innovation (instead of creating them)? Download our FREE eBook: The 600 Most Powerful Strategic Planning Questions.

article thumbnail

Get Real About Your Company’s Future

The Inovo Group

Fast-forward to 2012, five years after the introduction of the iPhone — and three years after release of Android and Samsung’s first smartphone – RIM, Nokia and others, using the best business tools available, were still projecting future growth based on past performance. Review and Interpret: Derive Insight and Action from the Future.

article thumbnail

Strategic Planning in a Dancing Landscape

MSSBTI

Consider a company that had an international expansion plan in 2012. Does this mean that strategic planning is useless for a complex organization? Strategic planning is more essential, but leadership has to consider it differently using a Complexity Lens. By 2013, Brazil and India were both suspect.

article thumbnail

The 10 Telltale Signs of Future Troubles for WalMart

Adam Hartung

There was no strategic thinking happening at WalMart, as executives believed there would never be a need to change the strategy. 4 – In April, 2012 WalMart found itself mired in a scandal regarding bribing Mexican government officials in its effort to grow sales.

Trends 36