The Stagnation Genome: 5 Genes of Death

Proprietary Strategy Framework: The Stagnation Genome — Five Genes of Organizational Death STAGNATION ASSASSIN / CHAPTER 1 / THE STAGNATION GENOME THE 5 GENES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEATH Individually dangerous. Combined, catastrophic. These five genes operate below...

The Consulting Incentive Trap Exposed

Proprietary Strategy Framework: The Consulting Incentive Trap — Why Big Four Firms Profit From Your Delay STAGNATION ASSASSIN / WHY CONSULTANTS PROFIT FROM YOUR DELAY THE CONSULTING INCENTIVE TRAP Incentives shape behavior. The consulting business model doesn’t...

Circuit City vs Best Buy: The Autopsy

Proprietary Strategy Framework: Circuit City vs. Best Buy — The Proof That Stagnation Is a Choice STAGNATION ASSASSIN / THE PROOF IN THE CONTRAST SAME INDUSTRY. OPPOSITE CHOICES. 2007: Both retailers faced Amazon. Same pressures. Same resources. Same frameworks...

The Four Delusions Killing Your Business

Proprietary Strategy Framework: The Four Comfortable Delusions That Sedate Stagnating Organizations STAGNATION ASSASSIN / THE MANIFESTO THE FOUR COMFORTABLE DELUSIONS Organizational sedatives that numb you to decline while consultants sell you increasingly...

Option A vs B: The Binary Business Choice

Proprietary Strategy Framework: Option A vs. Option B — The Binary Choice Every Stagnating Business Faces STAGNATION ASSASSIN / THE BINARY CHOICE TWO OPTIONS. ONLY TWO. There is no Option C. No magical third path. No compromise that satisfies both change and comfort....