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Weekly posts to help you lead with clarity and manage with purpose.

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The Jim Collins Ideas Nobody Talks About

Everyone knows the hedgehog concept and Level 5 Leadership. But Collins' research is full of quieter findings that hit harder once you sit with them. Like the fact that good-to-great executives couldn't name a single breakthrough moment — because there wasn't one. Or that Collins considers the "stop doing" list more important than any to-do list he's ever made. The one that stuck with me most: the best-performing companies in chaos didn't just set a performance floor — they set a ceiling, deliberately holding back in great years so they wouldn't be fragile in bad ones. The full post covers seven of these buried insights. Worth ten minutes if you're a Collins fan who thinks you've heard it all.

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Stop competing. Start creating.

Most strategy advice boils down to "beat the competition." Blue Ocean Strategy says that's the wrong game entirely. In this week's post, we break down the three insights from Kim and Mauborgne's classic that can fundamentally shift how your leadership team thinks about growth — including the simple four-question framework that forces the hard choices most companies avoid. If your margins are shrinking and differentiation feels impossible, this one's for you.

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