October 1, 2020

How to Avoid Strategic Mistakes

All strategic decisions involve cognitive bias. The greatest risk is to those who think they are above it all. Here are the most common biases and how to spot them.
March 13, 2020

Why Leaders Ignore Strategic Risk

Businesses leaders are often sure about what they need; sometimes they are right. The best leaders have ways to check themselves and especially, their assumptions. They know that ignoring risks, even those that are vague, seem small or unlikely to cause harm, can be deadly.
October 5, 2019

Risk and Reward Often Arrive Simultaneously for Nonprofit Boards

The phrase “black swan” comes from 2nd-centruy Roman poet Juvenal who described “a rare bird in the lands and very much like a black swan.” The poet […]