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A selection of insights to reflect on and boost ideas.
The Captain of Strategy: Strategy vs. Opportunity
We’ve tried, time and time again, to be attentive to opportunities. We’ve tried to detect them, capture them, and transform them into business; and what’s more, we’ve even been paid…
Forecasting in times of uncertainty
The focus on growth is on the agenda of most companies, but cost pressure is increasing, especially in periods of recession or general uncertainty such as the current one. How…
How Netflix, Exxon, and Booking Fight Decision Noise
How Netflix, Exxon, and Booking Fight Decision Noise Companies that don’t automate these decisions will lose money and quality. Some decisions can literally change people’s lives. A physician’s interpretation of…
Planning in high uncertainty
Companies have very diverse planning systems, from robust and structured to simple and intuitive, but they all share a common factor: they are insufficient to make key business decisions.
Whoever is free of errors, better not make investment decisions
Among the multiple decisions that a person must make, it is presumed that investment decisions are one of those that should be more “rational”. This belief may be supported by…
Framing decisions or how Michelangelo sculpted David
On many occasions, we start making decisions to solve a problem long before we really understand why we want to solve it and what we want to achieve. By doing…
In times of trouble, sunk cost. How to make decisions looking ahead
There are many traps that our minds face when making a decision. There are many biases that divert our reasoning, leading us to make decisions with little clarity and sometimes…
Not all roads lead to Rome
Experiencing the peace of mind of having considered and evaluated all possible strategies when deciding is a difficult dream to achieve. How does an executive know that key strategies have…
From reaction to sustainable change, strategies to capitalize the lessons we learnt
Last year was all about reaction. Businesses had to change their pace to adapt to a new world order. A year after the pandemic started, we are challenged to embrace and…








