Fixed Plans vs Adaptive Strategy

Adaptive planning beats fixed roadmaps

The eBay Marketplace Business Model

eBay charges sellers fees, not shoppers

Mere Exposure Effect

The mere exposure effect describes how repeated exposure to a stimulus can increase liking, comfort, or preference even without deliberate persuasion

Economic Indicators Every Strategist Needs

A field guide to the economic indicators that separate reactive management from anticipatory strategy

Expectation-Confirmation Theory

Expectation-confirmation theory explains satisfaction by comparing what people expected before use with what they perceive after the experience

The Diversification Advantage

Spread risk, capture growth, build resilience

Law of the Critical Few

Most results trace back to a handful of causes, not the whole list

Clubhouse After the Boom

Social audio's rise, fall and pivot

The Ansoff Growth Playbook

A proven framework for weighing growth bets

Jobs-to-Be-Done Theory

Jobs-to-Be-Done Theory explains demand by focusing on the progress customers are trying to make in a specific context rather than on static customer traits alone

How The Pandemic Rewrote Strategy

Ten pandemic-era shifts that reshaped strategy

Fat-Tail Risk

Fat-tail risk refers to the possibility that extreme outcomes occur more often than standard normal-distribution assumptions would predict