Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning

A middle-aged man with short dark hair, wearing a light blue denim AI shirt, smiling at the camera against a plain light background.
Former Levi Strauss & Co. CEO Chip Bergh revitalized the brand with a visionary innovation plan.
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Eric Olson — CEO and co-founder of Consensus — takes his cues from the university of legendary coaches.
A disruptive leader holds a lighter next to a graph.
As we pursue the leadership difference we seek, we attract fuel and generate heat. The trick is to avoid burnout.
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Former President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, unpacks the leadership strategy behind her success.
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London’s busiest airport seems to be rebounding well from the pandemic — but Istanbul has better prospects in the long run.
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Teller and Sagan debated fiercely over nuclear proliferation. But was the conflict as personal as it was intellectual for Teller?
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Kent Keirsey, CEO of Invoke AI — an open-source creative engine — outlines the pros and cons of open-source and closed-source AI tools.
Charles Munger, a man in glasses, sitting in front of a bookcase filled with puzzles.
According to the legendary investor, the best method is a blueprint for "extreme success.”
Steve Jobs in his office, showcasing survivorship bias in his journey of founding and leading Apple.
Survivorship bias occurs when we fail to consider how data was collected. To combat this, search for the "silent evidence."
A man sitting on a bench in front of a startup exit door.
So many of the conditions for a sale or IPO are outside your control — which is why preparation is everything.
A Chinese philosophy book with open pages.
Dive into China's profound intellectual legacy through five seminal texts that have shaped millennia of thought.
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Generative AI — driven by large language models — has the potential to destroy or supercharge most businesses. Now is the time to pivot.
Oppenheimer on the left and Heisenberg on the right.
As the Manhattan Project headed for completion, German attempts to build a nuclear weapon had already been dismantled.
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How we organize all our digital stuff — from work research to side hustles to family photos — is key to our productivity.
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The path of a curling stone on ice — and how it can be influenced — is a revealing metaphor for life's decisions.
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When you turn a map of East Asia upside down, Beijing’s geographic constraints and regional ambitions become much clearer.
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Because there's not enough Walden pond to go around.
"Strategic ambiguity" has long been the West's strategy on Taiwan.
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Cold War meets Star Wars in this cut-away of a 1950 “rubber bubble,” the first line of defense against nuclear sneak attack.
Some economists predict China's economy will overtake the U.S. economy by 2028.