A different kind of conversation Richard, the director of equity research of a leading investment bank sat across from us, his eyes wide with enthusiasm and possibility. “Makes sense. I…
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So many letters Like many of you, I woke on Friday to a rainstorm of letters: URLs led to news that the UK voted to leave the EU. What does…
Fifteen minutes and one second from now, you will make an uninformed business decision. Not for lack of trying, of course, but because after fifteen minutes you will give up….
Now that the candidates for the U.S. Presidential election are set, writers are returning to the topic of the vacant seat on the Supreme Court, the seat for which…
I remember being fascinated by speed reading. If you grew up in the United States in the 60s and 70s you will remember the TV spots for the Evelyn Wood…
During our webinar yesterday “3 Keys to Better Forecasting” my colleague Larry Gorkin and I discussed how companies must adopt a set of processes and disciplines around metrics and monitoring. Creating…
Metrics on M&A Success are Miserable. “The vast majority of all mergers and acquisitions fail to meet their stated business objectives, and those are usually the most conservative ones that…
Imagine this studio session. Over there is John Lennon, one of the most distinctive voices of our time and a blistering guitarist. Over on the other side of the studio is…
At my home office one morning in November 2015, I propped by coffee on my desk, donned my Bluetooth headset and connected to a Skype call, ready to present a…