Nelson Mandela’s legacy offers learning for marketers
What the legacy of the legendary Nelson Mandela can teach us about successful marketing and storytelling. Nelson Mandela is…
How Chinese companies are reinventing business
Chinese corporations are leading the way in developing new strategic frameworks that are ideally suited for the unstable…
Organizational purpose must be realistic
Aspirational, pie-in-the-sky corporate missions are inspiring. But in order to be successful, corporate purpose must also involve realistic…
Financial Cycle Time: How fast is your company relative to the market?
Examining the Financial Cycle Time of the world’s most agile companies can reveal lessons about how they maximize…
Why leaders should encourage failure
Contrary to many leaders’ perfectionist impulses, creating cultures where failure is acceptable is important for fostering agility and…
Creating the future at Align Technology
A ground-breaking leadership and innovation program designed by Duke Corporate Education for top leaders at Align Technology yielded…
Godiva’s Jerome Chouchan on the importance of self-improvement
Dialogue‘s Ben Walker spends a day with Godiva’s Jerome Chouchan learning about consumer-centric strategy, self-improvement, and the Japanese art…
Agility architects
In many respects, the complicated tangle of strategic agility can be boiled down to three basic factors: the…
How leaders can empower employees to become entrepreneurs
Fostering innovation and entrepreneurial thinking among your employees means giving them space to create their own paths within…
Four lessons in marketing from the Olympics
The Olympics has one of the world’s most iconic, enduring brands. Here’s what marketers can learn from the…
The complexities of income inequality
Is it all due to globalization? Perhaps the most striking aspect of the global financial crisis of 2008 is…
The link between innovation and business purpose
The Zen Hospice’s Purpose Project. Two months ago, I came with a group of US financial executives for an…
