Hamilton Helmer distills decades of strategy consulting and investing into a single framework that identifies the seven distinct sources of durable competitive advantage a business can possess. Each “power” — scale economies, network economies, counter-positioning, switching costs, branding, cornered resource, and process power — is defined with the specific conditions required to create and sustain […]
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Simon Sinek argues that the most enduring leaders and organizations succeed because they start by communicating their purpose, their “why”, before describing what they do or how they do it. Using his “Golden Circle” framework and examples ranging from Apple to the Wright Brothers, he shows how clarity of purpose inspires loyalty in employees and […]
Robert Iger reflects on his fifteen years as CEO of The Walt Disney Company, during which he oversaw the acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 21st Century Fox and the launch of Disney+. He weaves leadership lessons — optimism, courage, decisiveness, fairness, curiosity — into candid accounts of negotiating with founders, navigating crises, and managing […]
Dan Senor and Saul Singer investigate how Israel, a small country surrounded by adversaries and lacking natural resources, came to produce more start-ups per capita than nearly anywhere else on earth. They identify a distinctive blend of cultural factors — chutzpah, mandatory military service, immigration, tolerance for failure, and informal hierarchy — that fuels relentless […]