Book description
The world faces social, political, and economic turmoil on an unprecedented scale—along with unsettling levels of turbulence and volatility. Market leadership today is less of a predictor of leadership tomorrow. Therefore, senior executives today must strive to own the future.
In Own the Future, The Boston Consulting Group, one of the world's most prestigious and innovative management consulting firms, offers a roadmap. Drawing on the firm's experience advising organizations on how to achieve and sustain competitive advantage, this book offers 50 ideas to help readers chart their organization's path to future leadership. The articles are organized along ten attributes critical to success in the current environment—adaptive, global, connected, sustainable, customer-first, fit to win, value-driven, trusted, bold, and inspiring.
The future may be unknowable, but The Boston Consulting Group offers insights from its 50 years of practice on how readers can position their organization to win—to change the game and to own the future.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: Adaptive
- Part II: Global
- Part III: Connected
- Part IV: Sustainable
- Part V: Customer First
- Part VI: Fit to Win
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Part VII: Value-Driven
- Chapter 28: The Experience Curve Reviewed
- Chapter 29: The Rule of Three and Four: A BCG Classic Revisited
- Chapter 30: The CEO as Investor
- Chapter 31: Focusing Corporate Strategy on Value Creation
- Chapter 32: Powering Up for Postmerger Integration
- Chapter 33: Resilience: Lessons from Family Businesses
- Part VIII: Trusted
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Part IX: Bold
- Chapter 38: Thinking in New Boxes
- Chapter 39: Rethinking Scenarios: What a Difference a Day Makes
- Chapter 40: Business Model Innovation: When the Game Gets Tough, Change the Game
- Chapter 41: The Deconstruction of Value Chains
- Chapter 42: Time-Based Management
- Chapter 43: The New “Low Cost”
- Chapter 44: The Hardball Manifesto
- Chapter 45: Leading Transformation
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Part X: Inspiring
- Chapter 46: Jazz vs. Symphony
- Chapter 47: Probing
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Chapter 48: Smart Simplicity
- Rule 1: Improve Understandingof What Coworkers Do
- Rule 2: Reinforce the People Who Are Integrators
- Rule 3: Expand the Amount of Power Available
- Rule 4: Increase the Need for Reciprocity
- Rule 5: Make Employees Feel the Shadow of the Future
- Rule 6: Put the Blame on the Uncooperative
- Why Not Aim for Smart Simplicity?
- Chapter 49: Strategic Optimism: How to Shape the Future in Times of Crisis
- Chapter 50: Lessons from My Three Decades with the Change Monster
- Contributors
- Index
Product information
- Title: Own the Future: 50 Ways to Win from The Boston Consulting Group
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2013
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118591703
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