All articles 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
The Lives and Times of the CEO
From 100 years back to a quarter century ahead, the evolution of the chief executive officer.
May 30, 2014 by Ken Favaro, Per-Ola Karlsson, and Gary L. Neilson
Strategy or Culture: Which Is More Important?
Although culture is much more than an “enabler” of strategy, it’s no substitute for it.
May 22, 2014 by Ken Favaro
Strategy Is Not about the Competition
Customers and capabilities—not the competition—should take center stage when developing strategies.
April 28, 2014 by Ken Favaro
How IKEA, Disney, and Berkshire Hathaway Succeed with Adjacencies
Many adjacency moves fail because they’re driven by the wrong motives. But a lot can be learned from those that succeed.
March 11, 2014 by Ken Favaro
The Dangers of Adjacencies Strategy
Why a popular approach to growth may put your company’s health at risk.
January 30, 2014 by Ken Favaro
Big Data Strategy: s+b’s Strategy of the Year
From the headlines to the C-suite, big data embodied the height of strategy-as-fashion in 2013.
January 8, 2014 by Ken Favaro
Introducing s+b’s “Strategy of the Year”
What is 2013’s most in-vogue strategy? Make your nominations.
December 2, 2013 by Ken Favaro
Dear Verizon: Here’s How to Make the Megadeal with Vodafone Pay Off
Avoid the usual temptations and your big bet on Verizon Wireless might be a big win.
October 29, 2013 by Ken Favaro
How Microsoft Can Once Again Punch Above Its Weight
A respected head office and strong corporate affinity will drive the company’s fortunes.
September 24, 2013 by Ken Favaro
Looking Inside the Latest Reorganization of Microsoft
As he prepares to step down, will Ballmer’s organizational shake-up make any difference?
August 27, 2013 by Ken Favaro
The Thought Leader Interview: Loran Nordgren
The cofounder of unconscious thought theory explains how taking a break and distracting the mind can lead to higher-quality decision making.
August 27, 2013 by Ken Favaro and Amy Murphy
Was News Corp’s Split Inevitable and Is PepsiCo Next?
Why some corporate relationships end in divorce while others live on in blissful union.
July 29, 2013 by Ken Favaro
Is Strategy Fixed or Variable?
Successful strategists understand that their role is to manage a process fraught with contradictions.
July 18, 2013 by Ken Favaro
Does P&G Need Product Innovation or Strategic Innovation?
As A.G. Lafley returns to the helm, the consumer products giant can’t just rely on its product development expertise to get its mojo back.
June 20, 2013 by Ken Favaro
You Can’t Build a Winning Strategy If You Don’t Know Who You Are
The road to sustained success begins with the answer to this simple question: “Who are we?”
June 10, 2013 by Ken Favaro
Portrait of the Incoming Class
The newest CEOs have neither the diversity nor the global backgrounds that you might expect.
May 28, 2013 by Ken Favaro, Per-Ola Karlsson, and Gary L. Neilson
“It’s Time for a Change”
CEO turnover is trending high, but in a more planned and stable manner.
May 28, 2013 by Ken Favaro, Per-Ola Karlsson, and Gary L. Neilson
Captains in Disruption
Even when facing a crisis, some CEOs know how to anticipate the worst, plan a response, and navigate to advantage. You can do the same.
May 28, 2013 by Ken Favaro, Per-Ola Karlsson, and Gary L. Neilson
Can Best Buy Thwart the Grim Reaper?
The big box retailer badly needs a good dose of strategic innovation. Is it up to the task?
May 13, 2013 by Ken Favaro
We’re from Corporate and We’re Here to Help
Understanding the real value of corporate strategy and the head office.
April 8, 2013 by Ken Favaro
The Right Ideas in All the Wrong Places
How strategic intuition unlocks innovative solutions to your biggest problems.
March 11, 2013 by Ken Favaro
The Thought Leader Interview: Cynthia Montgomery
A Harvard Business School professor observes that leaders become better strategists by engaging in conversations about the purpose of a company.
February 26, 2013 by Ken Favaro and Art Kleiner
Sourcing Growth
A review of Build, Borrow, or Buy, by Laurence Capron and Will Mitchell.
February 26, 2013 by Ken Favaro
How Leaders Mistake Execution for Strategy (and Why That Damages Both)
When leaders substitute visions, missions, purposes, plans, or goals for the real work of strategy, they send their firms adrift.
February 11, 2013 by Ken Favaro
Strategy or Execution: Which Is More Important?
Many business leaders think they’d rather have great execution than superior strategies, but you can’t have the first without the second.
June 1, 2012 by Ken Favaro
Strategy: An Executive’s Definition
What is a business strategy? It is the result of choices made to maximize long-term value.
May 29, 2012 by Ken Favaro
CEO Succession 2011: The New CEO’s First Year
Big companies are once again appointing new chief executives in greater numbers, Booz & Company’s annual study finds. Here’s a close look at the incoming class, and some advice from veterans on how they can best navigate their crucial first year.
May 24, 2012 by Ken Favaro, Per-Ola Karlsson, and Gary L. Neilson

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