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...
The Four Roles of the Strategy Officer

The Four Roles of the Strategy Officer

In our work with hundreds of companies and dozens of strategy officers, we have come to identify four significant roles for the strategy officer. We believe it is critical for companies to understand how their specific strategy function works and how they can improve...

Reflections on “Working Digital”​

Reflections on “Working Digital”​

Five weeks – Eight Countries With five weeks left till Christmas, it seemed like a good time to reflect and plan for the closing part of the year. While 2020 has developed little as planned, we have been able to stay on track, accelerate our development and roll out a...

Transformational Leadership Everywhere

Transformational Leadership Everywhere

This blogpost is written for the Global Drucker Forum 2020, Leadership Everywhere She was not the obvious leader in the room. As a female CFO, she was not the obvious go-to-leader, but it was very clear once you got to know her and the work she did, that for all...

Leadership in Clusters and Networks

Leadership in Clusters and Networks

By: Christian Rangen and Tanja Hoel This blogpost is written for the Global Drucker Forum 2020, Leadership Everywhere Why Clusters Matter Clusters can play a significant role in shaping national growth industries and accelerate national transformation. Countries like...

Building Better Cluster Business Models

Building Better Cluster Business Models

A Global Challenge Over the past 5 years I have worked with more than 50 clusters and cluster initiatives around the world. Over the past 12 months I have read more than 250 cluster snapshot analysis. The single biggest challenge standing out across all of these...