Author Archives: Kevin McGourty
I truly hope and trust you are well and are in good spirits during these extraordinary times during the Covid-19 crisis. Yes indeed, we live in interesting times. … Continue reading
It isn’t that we don’t plan. It’s actually pretty easy to plan. I can tell you first hand, I have written thousands of plans. Many of them achieved … Continue reading
So it’s Christmas time and once again I find myself wondering why do I need to put up a Christmas tree anyway? What’s the purpose or job-to-be-done? Why … Continue reading
A colleague of mine pointed out to me: “Every business is perfectly designed to produce the results it is producing.” What a profound statement!. As I started to … Continue reading
I recently joined Mike Smart Founder and Principal Consultant at Egress Solutions on a webinar to discuss the need and challenges middle market companies face in launching innovative … Continue reading
Imagine you are the quarterback in the big game, and you find your team down 17 to 0, with 8 minutes remaining in the game. Your game plan … Continue reading
In my previous article, The Reports of Strategic Planning’s Death Is Greatly Exaggerated, we discussed why top-down (deliberate/intended) strategy or bottom-up (emergent) strategy taken at extremes, doesn’t work. … Continue reading
When I read management articles about the death of strategic planning, I am reminded by the quote Mark Twain quipped after hearing a major American newspaper printed his … Continue reading
A common ailment of new product development is the inability of companies to kill off projects that no longer demonstrate economic viability. The reason it’s so hard to … Continue reading
In a fast pace competitive environment where change is the only real constant, how does a business build and maintain a competitive edge? How does it consistently win … Continue reading