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New Ten-Minute Video – Finding Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink

In this 10-minute video, Finding Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink, I discuss the enormous opportunities for profit generation today, the sweeping transformation currently occurring in business, and how managers can succeed in this new era. Here … read on

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The Missing Element in Large-scale Change

Large-scale change. Most managers view it as the ultimate management challenge. I remember when I wrote my Harvard Business School Working Knowledge column, “The Challenges of Paradigmatic Change.” The column went out on the Web on a Monday morning, and … read on

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Why Do Mergers and Reorganizations Fail?

I’ll always remember the immortal words of Murray Smyth, at the time CFO of one of the largest subsidiaries of a major distribution and manufacturing company, “If we haven’t reorganized in the last six months, it’s because someone missed a … read on

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