Did you know that Shell evolved from a decorative sea-shell trading business to being an energy behemoth? The need for constant reinvention isn’t new. It’s the frenetic pace to reinvent, driven by digital disruption that’s new. There’s a lot to be learned from how other successful companies and entrepreneurs of the past reinvented themselves. Let’s […]
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“Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Alice: I don’t much care where. The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go. Alice: …So long as I get somewhere. The […]
OK, so I realize that the headline is provocative. I seem to be condemning a lot of smart leaders who have been courageous enough to set up transformational goals in the first place. My apologies to them; I don’t mean to be an arm-chair critic. My intent is to take aim at the tendency to […]
I’m a glass half-full kind of a guy. Or maybe I have too much faith in humankind’s ability to keep moving upward and forward. I bought General Electric (GE) stock for $25 per share in October 2014 when CEO Jeffrey Immelt boldly declared his plans for GE to be a digital industrial company. “If you […]