Senior leaders today navigate a world of constant disruption. They need to guide their organizations toward a thriving future, yet they are bombarded with short-term pressures and an ever-changing landscape. Sound familiar? This week’s post is for you – the strategic mind, juggling long-term vision with the business imperative to achieve immediate results. We delve […]
It was 2015. A decade had passed since Julie Copeland had taken the reins of CEO from her father, as he had a generation earlier from his own father. This third-generation, Philadelphia-born business, Arbill, had patiently built a reputation as a leading supplier of high-quality safety equipment. Their helmets, gloves, goggles, and hazmat suits had
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As predictability becomes more elusive, chief strategy officers (CSOs) look ahead to 2024 with an even bigger challenge to separate the signal from the noise and determine where to place their efforts and attention to lead their organizations into the future.
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Throughout the year, Outthinker Networks convenes with our members – all heads of strategy, innovation, and transformation at leading organizations – and thought leaders to stay on top of the trends and topics most likely to impact their companies. During group roundtables, peer coaching sessions, and one-on-one conversations, we are privy to the strategic challenges
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Throughout the year, I have the privilege of engaging in insightful conversations with members of our Outthinker Network of strategy leaders. These remarkable individuals are not only strategists; they are artists (one member helped establish the Dubai art fair), athletes (another was the winner of an Indian gold medal for sports shooting), creators (one left
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Chief strategy officers (CSOs) are tasked with a dual challenge in foresight: to observe and make short-term decisions based on the trends that are happening today and, at the same time, to advise their companies on long-term shifts that will have impact five to ten years in the future. These strategists, uniquely positioned as key
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At Outthinker, we are fortunate to work with an incredible group of chief strategy officers of $1B+ companies that we call the Outthinker Strategy Network. Strategy officers are known for their keen ability to recognize macro trends, new business models, and shifting customer needs across the scope of their entire organization and translate long-term vision
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Last month, we introduced our 2021 Business Trends report based on in-depth conversations with top CSOs in our Outthinker Strategy Network. We will be expanding on one of these trends every week with the intention of supporting your organization’s strategy for the next year and beyond. This is our ninth installment. Newsletter subscribers will receive
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We have heard the adages like “work on your business, not in it” and “come up to see the forest for the trees.” At McKinsey they urged us to continually take the “top management perspective” by zooming up to look at the business overall before jumping into the details.
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Earlier this month, we introduced our 2021 Business Trends report based on in-depth conversations with top CSOs in our Outthinker Strategy Network. We will be expanding on one of these trends every week with the intention of supporting your organization’s strategy for the next year and beyond. This is our third installment.
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