Dear colleagues: Just when you thought the world has learned the many lessons of discovery-driven planning, some huge, ambitious project gets shot down yet again — whether for business reasons or otherwise — and we go through the same handwringing as ever. Last month’s entry into the flops file was CNN+, which…

Asking what your digital strategy is today is a lot like asking what your electricity strategy was at the turn of the last century. Seems absurd. Yet both questions reflect how a shift in an underlying technology fundamentally changes what is possible. Electrification of factories and plants took a long…

The announcement that after an expenditure of something like $300 million, CNN was going to pull its CNN+ streaming service after just a month in operation sent shock waves through the media and entertainment ecosystem. Coming on the heels of a setback for streaming darling Netflix, it looks as though…

The article “Discovery Driven Planning” was published in 1995. The book-length treatment came out in 2009. And yet, we’re only now catching up to what entrepreneurs and corporate innovators have long understood — when you are dealing with uncertainty, you need a plan to learn. If it were ever possible…

Imposter syndrome — that sneaking feeling that you are not worthy — can be crippling. It is especially problematic for people who are not in the majority group. As an ally, you can help in ways large and small. We’ve all been there. A situation in which you look around…

OK, we have finally realized that innovation and transformation are not optional for the long run well-being of a large enterprise. But that is a far cry from having the capability to do something with that understanding. …

Dear colleagues: The first quarter of 2022 was as momentous as any I have ever experienced. It was emotional to join my colleagues from the LvBS Business School, the Business School of the Catholic University of Ukraine, remotely to discuss what strategy even means amidst so much uncertainty. …

With any corporate venturing program, one of the most important factors that will determine financial returns is the ability to stop investing in projects that simply won’t work out at all, or will be inconsequential to their parent company, even if they do succeed. Here’s Part 2 of a set…