Three Aspects Required for Winning in a Turn
by Mark Mcdonald | December 4, 2019
A turn represents the context behind proactive and productive change. It embodies a sign of disruption. The need for a new perspective and the opportunity to take different actions. That...
What is a Turn?
by Mark Mcdonald | December 2, 2019
A turn represents the context behind proactive and productive change. Turns hold a particular spot on the change spectrum covering the middle ground which is often missing from most corporate...
The inflation of change and turns
by Mark Mcdonald | November 20, 2019
We are trapped in a cycle of inflationary change. Sure, change is a constant in modern business, but not all change is the same. The failure to recognize these differences...
Hurrah for Hoshin
by Mark Mcdonald | October 8, 2019
Today’s Wall Street Journal article on Larry Culp and his plans to fix GE included this “Now Mr. Culp has begun rolling out Hoshin Kanri, a Japanese strategic planning process...
You’re not steering a ship, your leading an organization
by Mark Mcdonald | September 30, 2019
The image is dramatic and clear. A ship is sailing into a horrendous storm. They can see it on the horizon, lightening illuminating the sky, the seas getting rougher and...
The Purpose of the Corporation – an update that reflects reality
by Mark Mcdonald | August 20, 2019
The Business Roundtable released its Statement on the Purpose of the Corporation yesterday. The updated statement is getting heavy media play and attention as it stresses a “fundamental
commitment to...
The first are the last, its technology’s turn for digital transformation
by Mark Mcdonald | August 6, 2019
It’s a paradox that technology service providers are among the last companies going through digital transformation. The firms that gave us the technology to create the digital world are facing...
Digital, Strategy and Design
by Mark Mcdonald | February 26, 2019
Digital leaders have salient views of the future based on a deep understanding of the customer. They create approaches to engage customers in that future. In consulting terms, digital leaders...

How to Get Your CEO to Embrace Digital Risk Management
by John Wheeler | October 19, 2017
As a CIO, you want to sit down with your CEO to discuss her new plan to implement cloud-based software. You’re concerned about security risks. But after some back and...

Empathy, the CIO's Horsefeathers.
by Michael Maoz | June 29, 2017
Go Google Empathy and the CIO and the results returned are miniscule compared to a search for "Power and the CIO," "Success and the CIO" or "Leadership," or "Technology and the CIO."...