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The Adoption Reality Gate: Why superior products die without behavioral strategy

Authors’ Note: This is Step 2 of the six-step Strategy Logic Chain within the PILA…

Leaders should stress-test the core business before the market does

When business leaders discuss strategic risk, they usually focus on what is new: the startup…

Price is the only P that can break you

We were all taught the 5 P’s of marketing: Product, Price, Place, Promotion and People.…

Stop selling certainty: The case for assumption-driven leadership

The more ambitious the strategy, the more dangerous it is to pretend you know exactly…

When assumptions become liabilities

Every strategy rests on assumptions. The problem is that once a strategy is approved, those…

Evolution of competitive identity

Every nation possesses a brand. A country brand is not created solely through government marketing…

The strategic difference between loyalty and inertia

Are customers returning because they choose you or because they have not found a reason…

Collapse of traditional family logic changes strategy

Most corporate growth strategies are built on a dangerous, unexamined assumption. Executives design 10-year expansion…

6 hidden fault lines in the modern marketing plan

Most marketing plans look impressive on paper. They contain polished slide decks, ambitious revenue projections,…

What Ghost Month teaches marketers about consumer behavior

Nearly two decades ago, we purchased our family dream home. The documents had been signed;…