Tag Archives: visionary leadership

Punctuated equilibrium for business success

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Ray

Coming out of the deep recession of 2007-2009 I am struck by how closely business success during recession looks like what ecologists call punctuated equilibrium.  As Wikipedia defines it, punctuated equilibria, “… is a model for discontinuous tempos of change … Continue reading →

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Visionary Leadership

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Ray

We have discussed the need for visionary leadership in prior posts on R&D effectiveness and is M&A the only way to grow but failed to define the traits of visionary leadership.  We turn now to examine just what makes a visionary … Continue reading →

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Is M and A the only way to grow?

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Ray

Oracle buys Sun, EMC buys Data Domain, Cisco buys Tandberg, it seems like every month another major billion dollar acquisition occurs.  Part of this is because of the recent economic troubles, which now values many companies at the lowest they … Continue reading →

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