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Disruption Planning: How to Anticipate, Prioritize, and Respond to Disruptive Threats
In 2012, Procter & Gamble’s grooming division was an $8.3 billion business. By 2016, it had lost over $1.5 billion in net sales. The threat didn’t come from a rival consumer goods company. It came from a startup selling razors through the mail.
P&G saw Dollar Shave Club coming. They had more data, more resources, and more market intelligence than…Read More -
The Most Expensive Word in Your Company Is ‘Wait’
This is the third installment in Fahrenheit's Strategy & Operations series on strategic leadership for the middle market. Previous topics: Anticipating Disruption | Strategy vs. Planning | Your Competitive Advantages Are Your Early Warning System
Every day, decisions stall inside organizations. Not because people lack judgment, but because they lack permission. A customer complaint sits in queue while a frontline…Read More -
Your Competitive Advantages Are Your Early Warning System
Organizations often begin thinking about disruption only when something has already gone wrong. Revenue softens. A competitor emerges. A technology shift accelerates. By that point, options are limited and decisions feel reactive.
The most effective time to prepare for disruption is when business is strong.
I was reminded of this while delivering a keynote at a client’s annual strategy summit…Read More -
Strategy vs. Planning: Why “Strategic Planning” Is a Lie
>What is your strategy? — many leaders struggle to give a clear, consistent answer.
This is not a failure of effort. It is a failure of discernment.
What many organizations call strategy is actually planning — a confusion Roger Martin famously challenges in his Harvard Business Review article, “The Big Lie of Strategic Planning.”
Strategy and planning are not…Read More -
CASE STUDY: Pre-Exit Playbook — Financial Transformation to Maximize Exit Value
PRE-EXIT PLAYBOOK: STRATEGIC FINANCIAL TRANSFORMATION TO DE-RISK DUE DILIGENCE & MAXIMIZE EXIT VALUE
The investment banker representing Chemistry Communications, a nationally recognized and award-winning advertising agency, recommended Fahrenheit Advisors to provide an interim CFO with deep transaction experience to partner with the on-staff CFO and accounting team during the sale process.
Provide experienced deal leadership to guide and…Read More