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Ken Favaro

Ken Favaro is a contributing editor of strategy+business and the lead principal of ACT2, which provides independent advice to business leaders, teams, and boards, on growth, strategy, innovation, and organization.

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Strategy Talk: Can Strategy Be Decisive and Flexible?
Clear choices can provide stability for your organization while also enhancing your strategic options and ability to adapt.
March 15, 2018 by Ken Favaro
Strategy Talk: Can the Latest Organizational Innovations Really Help Us?
Evaluate new management approaches, such as holacracy and agile, based on how they can improve clarity and collaboration at your company.
January 2, 2018 by Ken Favaro
Best Business Books 2017: Strategy
Animal Spirits
November 7, 2017 by Ken Favaro
Strategy Talk: How Can I Make My Company More Innovative?
Successful innovation in big organizations demands three essential behaviors.
June 28, 2017 by Ken Favaro
Strategy Talk: The Real Reason Your Stock Price Is Lagging
Financial engineering won’t fix a stagnant valuation.
May 9, 2017 by Ken Favaro
Strategy Talk: How Do I Build a Strong Pipeline of Future Leaders?
The next generation of management needs to build its strategic acumen through real-world practice.
April 12, 2017 by Ken Favaro
Strategy Talk: What’s Wrong with Cross-Selling, Anyway?
Your strategy should turn customers into “cross-buyers” of your products and services.
March 21, 2017 by Ken Favaro
A Better Way to Engage Your Board on Strategy
Shaping strategy should be an ongoing team effort of the CEO and directors, not just an annual exercise.
January 31, 2017 by Ken Favaro
Strategy and the Board
Your strategic planning process and annual off-sites may be holding your directors back.
December 22, 2016 by Ken Favaro
The Strategy Lessons of a Long Hike
A punishing trek is a painful reminder to get your strategic fundamentals right.
October 24, 2016 by Ken Favaro
Lessons from the Strategy Crisis at Netflix
The thriving streaming business faces some fundamental questions about its future.
September 6, 2016 by Ken Favaro
Why Popular Strategies Always Fade
The most capable strategists see the real value, and big pitfalls, in new business concepts.
May 25, 2016 by Ken Favaro
Has Your Strategy’s Shelf Life Expired?
What to do when you outgrow your target market — or vice versa.
March 14, 2016 by Ken Favaro
Why Distinctive Customer Targeting Is a Smart Strategy
Don’t underestimate the power of choosing a unique definition of the customers your company will serve.
February 8, 2016 by Ken Favaro
Save Your Strategy from the Global–Local Divide
How companies with multiple businesses operating in far-flung markets can avoid common strategy-implementation pitfalls.
December 21, 2015 by Ken Favaro
Mutually Assured Disruption
Why established companies should join forces with upstart competitors.
December 21, 2015 by Ramesh Nair and Ken Favaro
One Company, Two Identities, One Strategy
Large enterprises that operate both as a single entity and a business portfolio get the best of both worlds.
November 9, 2015 by Ken Favaro
Best Business Books 2015: Strategy
The Search for Innovation
November 2, 2015 by Ken Favaro
The Trouble with Putting Goals Ahead of Strategy
Winning strategies start with a big idea.
June 15, 2015 by Ken Favaro
Vertical Integration 2.0: An Old Strategy Makes a Comeback
More companies are seeking greater control of their value chain — but they should do so with caution.
May 6, 2015 by Ken Favaro
The $112 Billion CEO Succession Problem
Poor planning for changes in leadership costs companies dearly. Getting it right is worth more than you might think. See also “CEO Succession: Why It Pays to Have a Plan.”
May 4, 2015 by Ken Favaro, Per-Ola Karlsson, and Gary L. Neilson
Big Ideas Mark the Path from Strategy to Execution
Winning companies are made by leaders committed to solving important problems with innovative ideas — against all odds.
April 7, 2015 by Ken Favaro
Diversify or Focus? The Best Strategies Do Both
It’s time to break your company’s cycle of expand-contract-repeat.
February 26, 2015 by Ken Favaro
The Quantified Self Goes Corporate
How to make data your source of sustained growth.
January 26, 2015 by Ken Favaro and Ramesh Nair
The Internet of Things Wins s+b’s 2014 Strategy of the Year
The linking of billions of devices through the Web has scaled the heights of strategy fashion.
January 20, 2015 by Ken Favaro
The Truth About Breakthrough Strategies
You won’t find them through typical strategic planning, executive retreats, or brainstorming sessions.
December 15, 2014 by Ken Favaro
Best Business Books 2014: Strategy
To the Nimble Go the Spoils
November 3, 2014 by Ken Favaro
Free Your Strategy from Annual Planning
When your strategy is shackled to the annual planning process, you lose a uniquely powerful management tool.
October 28, 2014 by Ken Favaro
Where Are the Sinkholes in Your Strategy?
Answering two critical questions will fortify your company’s strategy—and your ability to implement it.
August 14, 2014 by Ken Favaro
Don’t Let the Short-Term–Long-Term Tension Drag Your Strategy Down
How to navigate the twin demands of current performance and future investment.
June 24, 2014 by Ken Favaro

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