Process Power is a competitive moat, one of the 7 Powers, and the rarest and hardest to understand.
Branding is one of the hardest competitive moats to build, and one of the most powerful.
A collection of cases on counter-positioning as a competitive advantage.
Cases of companies navigating the capital cycle: whether successfully, or not.
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There are few CEOs more highly lauded by Warren Buffett than Tom Murphy. Here’s how he turned one television station into a $19 billion dollar empire; the second-largest corporate takeover in history circa 1995.
How speciality running shoe brand Brooks refocused on performance running — and turned the company around.
How Richard Smith turned the family business — cinemas — into an exceptional, multi-decade, diversified conglomerate.
How John Dues applied Deming’s PDSA Cycle to improving student outcomes in the United Schools Network.
The rare situation where positioning yourself as Number Two in a market turns out to be a winning strategy.
How fine dining restaurant Eleven Madison Park uses hospitality to solve business problems, and how you can use this in other business contexts.
How Will Guidara designed a system to repeatedly create ‘Legends’.
A rare company that transitioned from manufacturing to software, and won.
Estée Lauder’s second brand launch taught its leadership different lessons from its first.