PrimeGenesis Blog
How To Prepare Your Organization To Survive The Big One
To survive the big one, make sure your organization is fit for your environment, has a strong foundation and fundamentals, and passes the cookie test.
Why The Highest Performing Teams Always Fail Over Time
Disrupters, rebels, challengers, deviants, and the like are crucial for population, organization and team survival over time.
CBS CEO Joseph Ianniello’s Move From Interim To Permanent
Ianniello’s situation is particularly complicated as an interim leader with a new interim boss.
The Messy Mindset Needed To Make A Design-Focused Firm Successful
In a design-focused organization, the designers should be best-in-class and everyone else should be subordinate to them.
The Difference Between Decentralization And Abrogation
Not giving decentralized leaders that guidance is an abrogation of senior leadership’s responsibilities and a recipe for chaos.
In Praise Of Matrix Organizations
Being best in class in delivery or distribution cannot happen without a matrix and likely an ecosystem-wide matrix.
In Praise Of Hierarchical Organizations (Sometimes)
It’s fashionable to denigrate hierarchies. Critics suggest they are too controlled, siloed, and rigid. But they help create stability.
Executive Onboarding Note: The Root Cause Of GE CEO John Flannery’s Failure: Speed And Decisiveness
Flannery is out as GE’s CEO and Culp is in. Certainly the surprisingly poor results hurt.
Three Important Ideas From This Week’s Mid-Market CEO Convention
In this article you will find: (1) Three ideas that changed the way I personally think about things. (2) Key points from the convention’s interactive keynote and each of the breakout sessions.
Scaling at a Strategic Point of Inflection in the Middle Market
We’ve learned a few things about how to help these organizations with high aspirations yet limited resources – and it comes down to getting laser focused by answering these 3 questions…