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260830 Why Management Writing Often Does Not Give Data Supporting Its Claims

What readers need is the data that would tell them whether the idea works where it counts—on a significant scale in firms that, over time, perform above average.

260823 Why Adaptive Mindsets Outperform Static Processes

Adaptive mindsets beat static processes: Netflix, NVIDIA & Microsoft reframed successful models for bigger digital/AI wins, embedding learning firm-wide.

260809 Why Networks Are Outperforming Hierarchies In The U.S. And Europe

Why are leading journals and consultants prescribing even more hierarchy for businesses?

260805 The Emergence And Unlikely Return Of The World’s Dumbest Management Idea

Over 25 years, MSV-focused firms often underperformed and faced market discipline, while customer-obsessed firms like Amazon, Apple Google ASML & TSMC compounded value.

260802 Rediscovering The 250-Year Triumphs Of Value Creation

In the bigger historical picture, the last half-century’s preoccupation with maximizing shareholder value was a transitory self-interested aberration from common sense, not an immutable truth