After seeing that business school applications are up, following the release of professional staff from banking etc, I see the consulting sector is suffering a down-turn [Economist, 20-26…

You would expect knowledge in a professional field to accumulate – what we use today being built on what was known and used in the past. Strategy often…

I’ve gone on about this before, but it’s gone way, way worse since I last brought it up, so let’s not forget

Seeing the sector is anticipated to lose $5bn this year, and more in 09, who managed strategy well over the last 5 years? .. which of course would…

Just come back from the British Academy of Management conference in Harrogate – the get-together where many Business School faculty exchange latest thinking. The theme was ‘the Academy goes…

An interesting article in on this topic, which is probably front of mind for quite a few organisations right now, in strategy+business. The article comes up with ‘the frugal growth…

Interesting article in Sloan Management Review on linking customer satisfaction to growth. Looks based on very thorough research on customer satisfaction metrics and their subsequent behaviour – especially passing…

Downturns provide opportunities as well as challenges, assuming of course you are going into the dip in reasonable shape. I see a few good tips from McKinsey, specifically…

We love to hear about the fantastic stories of growth when firms create and capture huge new opportunities, but strategy is just as important in declining sectors. Anyone…

McKinsey Quarterly is rolling out a helpful series of collections from their archive – like this one on What CFOs do. One thing to add to the list is