by Art Petty | Mar 14, 2010 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Product Management, Project Management, Strategy
Note from Art: What started out as a cup of Leadership Espresso ended up as a Double-Tall! Enjoy the extra sips and let’s hear your thoughts on this important topic. If you were to embark upon a rugged and lonely journey to the top of the mountain to ask for...
by Art Petty | Jan 6, 2010 | Strategy
From the list of, “Books that I truly wish had updated editions” comes one of my top 10 favorites, the 1997 book, “The Discipline of Market Leaders,” by Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersma. I re-read this book…or at least parts of it every year and I still carry through...
by Art Petty | Jan 4, 2010 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy
Far too many leaders that I encounter lack awareness of the broader forces swirling around their firms, their customers and those shape-shifting clusters that we describe as industries. Given the hurricane like market and societal forces buffeting our globe today, a...
by Art Petty | Dec 16, 2009 | Strategy
Note from Art: this post is written from the perspective of U.S. industry and business. For my many overseas readers, I suspect that you face similar issues with slightly different context. Also, I’ve endeavored to not stray too far into the political arena on this...
by Art Petty | Nov 29, 2009 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Management Innovation, Strategy
Participate in or monitor enough management team conversations and you will invariably conclude that it’s darned hard for these teams to spend quality time discussing external issues. The gravitational pull of internal “stuff” is overwhelming and resists all attempts...
by Art Petty | Nov 24, 2009 | Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
Mix one part global economic crisis with ample quantities of uncertainty and ambiguity. Stir in two-parts ever-changing global competition and a dash of geopolitical instability and you’ll end up with something that looks and feels a lot like the world of today,...
