Insights & Perspectives

Introducing Scale Up Europe!

Globally, more than 7.000 participants have built their scale up skills with Scale Up! Now, we are thrilled to launch Scale Up Europe. Our goal: partner with Europe’s ecosystem builders to accelerate European entrepreneurship. A simple question It starts simple...

How VCs Add Value: the GP Value Creation Toolbox — and the Three Partners Who Use It Differently

In our work with emerging VC fund managers globally, most say they add value. Yet, few can tell you exactly how. That gap — between the claim and the clarity — is what Scott Newton and I set out to explore. In 2024, we interviewed venture capital fund managers across...

Transform! ….is getting an upgrade!

Did you know, 1000’s of business leaders have built their strategic leadership skills with Transform! Now, we are thrilled to share Transform! version 2.0. More AI, more defense, more geopolitics, more space business, more transformation. From 2018 to today Since the...
Closing the Transformation Gap

Closing the Transformation Gap

We iterated several exercises and visual strategy tools to help create a better shared understanding on this thing called the ‘Transformation Gap’.

A Look into the Pre-Summit Day

A Look into the Pre-Summit Day

In this series, we are releasing a few choice excerpts from the full report. Featured today are brief overviews by Enrico Maset and Nir Melamud.

Rise of Innovation Superclusters

Rise of Innovation Superclusters

An emerging global phenomenon Globally there are some 7000 innovation clusters. The EU alone has just below 3000 clusters. A country like Norway has 40. Denmark counts 14. Business clusters, according to traditional literature, are naturally emerging phenomenon,...