Blog Tag: Apple

• Tactical Roulette

  Published on: Thursday, February 9th, 2012 Author: richhorwath

  In the constant battle to keep up with the competition, managers often react immediately to other’s tactics by rolling out similar tactics of their own. Instead of thinking strategically about their next moves, they abandon the plan and step up… read more

• Strategic Thinking and Business Strategy

  Published on: Thursday, August 25th, 2011 Author: richhorwath

  In an attempt to piece together a fuller picture of strategic thinking, I’ve created the following infographic. It’s designed to highlight key research findings and examples related to strategic thinking, or in some cases, a lack thereof. The data sources… read more

• Rethink

  Published on: Friday, March 4th, 2011 Author: richhorwath

  An article entitled “As Big Boxes Shrink, They Also Rethink,” was published this week in the Wall Street Journal describing the move by retailers to downsize stores. Perhaps the need to rethink wouldn’t be so significant now if they had… read more

• The Discomfort of Strategy

  Published on: Friday, January 21st, 2011 Author: richhorwath

  “If you are not genuinely pained by the risk involved in your strategic choices, it’s not much of a strategy.” Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix Think you have a tough group of competitors to deal with? Take a look at… read more