Being Different Is Worth It

Copying competitors is the road to average; genuine differentiation takes patience.

Experience Curve Effect

Cumulative experience can lower unit cost

Price's Law

The square root of contributors can account for roughly half of total output, revealing strong productivity concentration

Writing Your History

Using narrative to steer a strategic career

Writing And Strategic Thinking

Prose strengthens strategic thinking and leadership

Companies Age Like People Do

Founder's mentality fades as companies scale, and Bain identifies why.

Why Strategists Need History

Historical thinking matters for modern strategists

US Gun Violence Problem

America's gun violence outranks peer nations and defies simple solutions.

Philosophy For Strategy

How deep thinking strengthens consulting practice

Lessons From The Battlefield

What historic battles teach today’s strategists

Strategy: Direction, Decisions, Work

Strategy is not one thing but a flywheel of accumulating activities.

Learning From Defeat

How failed battles sharpen strategic judgment