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The Next 10 Years Will Be Transformative—Here’s What To Focus On Now

At Jump Offsite 2024, a select group of strategy and innovation leaders explored AI, culture, and leadership insights—discovering ways to drive meaningful change and amplify impact for both organizations and the world.

Strategy And Planning Are Both Essential … But Don’t Confuse Them

Planning is essential, but alone it leads to sameness and stagnation. True growth requires a clear vision, thoughtful strategy, and then planning to execute.

Why Investors And Consultants Create A Sea Of Sameness

In today’s volatile business environment, activist investors and management consultants often push companies toward sameness through benchmarking. This article explores how leaders can resist this pressure and instead embrace unique strategies that drive real innovation and sustainable growth.

When Championing Innovation, Don’t Pitch the Upside

From electric cars to streaming services, economic uncertainty is driving many companies to tap the brakes on major growth initiatives that were seen as top priorities until recently. The real challenge may lie in innovation leaders’ inability to account for two fundamental dynamics of human psychology.

How Leaders Get Tricked Into Focusing on the Wrong Problems

Fixing the Now is fine. But not at the expense of creating the Next. Every day, thousands of very smart people at excellent companies devote vast amounts of time and energy to tasks that feel important but really aren’t.

Tech Firms Are Solving Hard Problems Again. But They Risk Missing Something Even Harder—Getting Customers on Board.

Leaders are missing something crucial if they think that solving technology challenges is sufficient for success. That’s because tech problems are never just tech problems—they’re also technology adoption problems.