Innovation Marketing Sports 
In the CEO Afterlife
JULY 2, 2012
The notion of business as a combination of sport and war was attributed to Emile Herzog (1885-1967), a French author who used the pen name, Andre Maurois. As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success. The delusion is that market share is the “be all and end all” of business success.
Leading Blog
APRIL 22, 2024
Throw in complex organizations operating in complex markets, and you’ve really got to marvel at how it all comes together every day. It’s that sense of meaning that inspires us to think of new, innovative ways to do the work. There’s a reason that professional sports teams pay millions of dollars for a coaching team.
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LDRLB
JULY 23, 2012
The notion of business as a combination of sport and war was attributed to Emile Herzog (1885-1967), a French author who used the pen name, Andre Maurois. As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success. The delusion is that market share is the “be all and end all” of business success.
Lead Change Blog
DECEMBER 10, 2014
Until…there’s too much of it, and its dark side surfaces: lack of innovation, narrow-minded thinking, ingrained and unquestioned bias, outdated practices, and failure to grow as a person. I once had a boss who had an imaginary grid on his desktop—financials had a certain resting spot as did staff reports and marketing news.
N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.
In the CEO Afterlife
APRIL 23, 2012
As a kid in sports, I played my heart out, hated my opponents and cried when I lost. The late French author Andre Maurois once said, “Business is a combination of sport and war.” For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars.
N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2010
In most sports I’m aware of you cannot play if you don’t suit-up and show-up. Leadership is a participation sport and never works well in absentia. Loyalty is a missing ingredient in job market of both the secular and sacred. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up. I Think Not.
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