Strategy

Strategy

The distance between a well-intentioned plan and meaningful impact often comes down to how clearly you think about trade-offs, incentives, and second-order effects. This collection cuts through conventional wisdom with frameworks that help you see around corners—whether you're navigating market entry decisions, restructuring teams for scale, or choosing which battles are worth fighting. These aren't theoretical think pieces; they're battle-tested approaches from leaders who've made high-stakes decisions under uncertainty and lived to refine their thinking. Expect sharp analysis on competitive positioning, resource allocation, organizational design, and the strategic moves that separate durable advantage from fleeting wins. Read these when you need to think more clearly about what matters most.

Industry Analysis: Philanthropy

Philanthropy creates value through specialized capabilities

Industry Analysis: Utilities

How Utilities creates and captures value

History Of Strategy

Strategy evolved from people's need to defeat their enemies. Key military conflicts and events shaped the evolution of strategy, which has its roots in warfare. 

Industry Analysis: International Development

How international development creates and captures value

Industry Analysis: Urban Planning/Regional Planning

How Urban Planning/Regional Planning creates and captures value

Industry Analysis: Residential Construction/Development

How Residential Construction/Development creates and captures value

Industry Analysis: Property Management/Facilities Management

Property Management/Facilities Management creates value through specialized capabilities

Value Innovation

A core tenet of Blue Ocean Strategy, value innovation requires simultaneous pursuit of differentiation and low cost to increase customer value

Blue Ocean Strategy

The core tenet of the Blue Ocean Strategy is to create uncontested markets to make competition irrelevant

Reed's Law

Group formation can multiply network value

Industry Analysis: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) creates value through specialized capabilities

Industry Analysis: Transportation

How Transportation creates and captures value