Author Archives: Phyllis Ezop

Exiting Poorly Fitting New Lines of Business

It’s encouraging to see companies eventually realize that they should halt their efforts to diversify far beyond their core business.  This realization is important because

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What Influences Whether Bringing Back a Former CEO Revitalizes a Company?

Once again, we see a well-known company bring back its former CEO. This is something companies do during challenging times that occur after a former CEO with an impressive

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When the Entrepreneurial Titan Who Built the Business Empire Steps Down

Some successful business empires are built by entrepreneurial founders. Other business empires are built by entrepreneurial leaders who take

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AI (Artificial Intelligence) Is Still Popular, but Need for Caution Is Increasingly Recognized

We continue to see more and more articles in the media about how AI is being used. Yet, the need for caution with AI keeps getting emphasized. Recent examples in

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Was Success Due to Risk Taking or Was It Due to the Data?

We still often hear that taking more and bigger risks is the key to achieving business success.  We are told to do this even though there is

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