by David Johnson | Jul 19, 2019 | Leadership, Strategy
This is the second in a series of articles focused on understanding and implementing business transformation. See the first article in the series here. Source: Burst Overview Strategy, particularly in the middle market, is under attack from many sides. The...
by David Johnson | Feb 28, 2019 | Business Transformation, Leadership
A business transformation presents an abundance of challenges for any leadership team, regardless of tolerance for conflict. In the business press, financial issues often take center stage in reporting on a business transformation, and with good reason. ...
by David Johnson | Oct 2, 2018 | Leadership, Strategy
Every strategy has a sell-by date, and the costs of ignoring that reality are steep. Recently General Electric took the radical step of terminating CEO and Chairman John Flannery after 13 months on the job (prior to this action GE had had a total of 11 CEOs and...
by David Johnson | Oct 14, 2017 | Restructuring
The challenges that retailers have faced in the past few years have been nearly biblical in size and scope. • The unstoppable rise of ecommerce, driven by voracious competitor Amazon, has siphoned revenue growth from competitors great and small, and forced every...
by David Johnson | Nov 28, 2016 | Business Transformation, Strategy
For years, Burger King was the sick man of the quick service restaurant industry. A perennial laggard to McDonald’s in scale, the company was also widely seen as hamstrung by poor execution, a revolving door of leadership (Joe Nocera noted in 2012 that the company...
