Article · leadership ·
Culture Reality
Culture doesn’t support strategy—it delivers or destroys it. This post unpacks how cultural antibodies attack unfamiliar ideas, and why ignoring culture reality can undo even the best-laid plans.
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Kedron Rhodes
Article · leadership ·
Competition and Cost Realities
When leaders refuse to choose—between legacy and future, service and scale, investment and cost—they fall into the tradeoff trap.
Newsletter · Issue 9 ·
🔎 Competition, Costs, and Future Bets
Competition, costs, and future bets – explore Part 4 of Kedron Rhodes' strategy series alongside curated insights on AI innovation, product teams, and strategic culture.
Article · leadership ·
Capability Reality
Organizations often treat new capabilities as upgrades. But unless they align with existing strengths and beliefs, they create internal conflict.
Newsletter · Issue 8 ·
⚓️ When Innovation Meets Resistance
Exploring the friction of innovation—why new capabilities challenge old strengths, and how leaders can navigate strategic transformation.
Newsletter · Issue 7 ·
🕵️ Know Thy Customer
Exploring how conflicting customer definitions silently sabotage strategy—and what leaders can do to restore alignment.
Article · leadership ·
Customer Reality
Strategic failure often begins with misaligned customer definitions. This post explores how conflicting views of the customer can quietly sabotage even the most well-funded strategies.
Article · leadership ·
How a Strategy With All the Right Pieces Still Failed
Discover the five strategic realities every leader must face. Learn from a multi-million dollar failure that looked perfect on paper—but ignored the hidden forces that break strategy in the real world.
Newsletter · Issue 6 ·
⛓️💥 When Strategy Breaks
Most strategies fail — not because they are wrong, but because they ignore five critical realities. This is Part 1 of a 5-part series exploring what really makes strategy succeed or collapse in the real world.
Newsletter · Issue 5 ·
🧋 Big Swings & Innovation Signals
Reflections on McDonald's CosMc's experiment and what it teaches us about innovation, bold bets, and learning through experience — plus curated reads on strategy, design, and business resilience.
Newsletter · Issue 4 ·
🛠️ Rebuilding Trust in the Middle of Change
A thoughtful look at how trust breaks down during organizational change—and practical steps leaders can take to rebuild it.
Newsletter · Issue 3 ·
🎨 Innovation ≠ Art (But It Can Be Fun)
A contrary view on the gritty magic of innovation—where critical thinking meets creativity, and a little fun goes a long way.
Newsletter · Issue 2 ·
👀 Strategic Shifts and Design Echoes
A deep dive into Intel’s bold branding gamble, plus design gems from Nokia, lessons in leading through uncertainty, and why timing a product launch during a downturn might just work.
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