Insights & Ideas
Unconventional Resource Plays Spotlight - Human Capital Scale-up Challenges
December 2012
As oil sands becomes a 3-6 million barrel/day business, there is a big question whether the techniques now being employed meet human capital needs are enough
Organizing for Growth: Scaling Up in Canadian Oil Sands
October 2012Scaling up organizations to safely deliver higher levels of complex activities ranging from large-scale technology pilots to integrated operations is a pervasive challenge for oil & gas (O&G) companies – and nowhere more so now than in the Canadian oil sands – where billions of dollars of value are at stake in getting the organizational delivery right.
HBR ARTICLE
Prada’s CEO on Staying Independent in a Consolidating Industry
Konstantinos Apostolatos on behalf of Patrizio Bertelli
September 2012In an interview by Konstantinos Apostolatos on behalf of the HBR, Patrizio Bertelli, CEO of Prada shares his thoughts on the importance of culture
Stop Leaving Money on the Table - Get More Value from Your Brand Portfolio!
Konstantinos Apostolatos, Dustin Woodward
May 2012Successfully managing a brand portfolio can unlock significant value but the process is complex. We identify best practice principles from interviews, experience and theory
Breaking the “Dog and Pony” Show: Making Strategy Development a Competitive Advantage
Konstantinos Apostolatos, Alex Formstone, Daniel Ryder
February 2012The way that strategy is developed and decisions are made have a significant impact on a company’s ability to outperform competition
FEATURED THINKING
Stop Leaving Money on the Table - Get More Value from Your Brand Portfolio!
Successfully managing a brand portfolio can unlock significant value but the process is complex. We identify best practice principles from interviews, experience and theory
Structure Doesn’t Just Enable Strategy - It Is Strategy
Every business should be organized to exploit what’s unique about its markets, products, and people. Generic structures don’t allow for distinctive strategies
Growing Intrinsic Value in the New Normal
The post-recession world is likely to be characterised by low profitability, low growth and higher risk. Focus on value in a different way to overcome these headwinds