2025

Why Leaders Should Embrace The Value Creation Principles—And The Evidence That Supports Them
By Steve Denning

Business management today faces significant challenges, resulting in substantial economic costs. Global employee engagement remains at low levels. A PwC study indicates that customer trust in executives stands at 30%, while executives themselves estimate it at 80%—a notable misalignment. Meanwhile, many public companies deliver 10-year returns that fall short of the average S&P 500. A McKinsey study notes that only 27% of U.S. firms emphasize long-term returns. However, not all is bleak.[…]

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2025

From Profit Machine to Value Powerhouse: Microsoft’s Epic Shift
By Steve Denning and Hugo Lourenco

In the early 2000s, Microsoft under Steve Ballmer was a rigid, profit-driven behemoth, locked into a toxic culture of internal rivalries, departmental fiefdoms, and a single-minded fixation on squeezing every cent from Windows and Office. Creativity? Stifled. Expansion? Sluggish. The tech giant fumbled massive chances, standing by as competitors like Apple and Google dominated emerging markets.[…]

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2025

Leading Beyond the Illusion of Intelligence
By Alex Adamopoulos

We’ve reached a strange moment in business where intelligence itself is overrated. Everywhere you turn, companies are proclaiming their “AI-first” future, yet few can explain what that actually means in practice. The illusion isn’t in the technology; it’s in the belief that AI, by its mere presence, will fix what’s broken in how we work, lead, and learn.[…]

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2025

The 70% Zone Advantage:
The Economic Surplus arising from Business Longevity
By M. Unni Krishnan and Amit Zala

Corporate lifespans are collapsing worldwide – from decades to mere years – yet longevity builds wealth, and wealth builds nations. While most organisations struggle to survive their first decade, a remarkable group of enterprises has endured for generations, creating an institutional backbone of national prosperity and social wellbeing. […]

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2025

Why You Should Care about the Distinction between Mistake and Failure
By Amy Edmondson

A failure is not the same as a mistake. Maybe, you think, this is just semantics. I see it as an important distinction that matters for today’s leaders. First, words are the leader’s primary tool. Leadership is the art of harnessing the ideas, talents, and efforts of others to achieve challenging goals. And the harnessing is largely accomplished through words – written communication, town halls, team meetings, or one-on-one conversations. […]

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