Author Archives: Phyllis Ezop

Have you seen the article “Big-Bang Disruption” in the latest issue (March 2013) of Harvard Business Review? This article screams panic. It elicits potent emotional reactions by displaying powerful images of buildings being destroyed. Its message: the severe damage and … Continue reading →

Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer deserves praise. She is saying the right things about what Yahoo must do to regain momentum and put itself on the path to success. Based upon my 25+ years researching business success and failure patterns, what … Continue reading →

Both Southwest Airlines and Google began as entrepreneurial start-ups that grew rather rapidly into major corporations. Both have been extremely successful, even after growing quite large. Both were the subject of articles in the January 14, 2013 issue of Fortune … Continue reading →

I enjoyed the reader comments about data scientists that Harvard Business Review published in its December print edition. These comments addressed articles Harvard had published about Big Data. Some of these comments agree with my earlier blog post where I … Continue reading →

As someone who has studied and analyzed histories of many companies over the past 25 years, I want to praise the article in the December 2012 issue of Harvard Business Review “History as a Leadership Tool” by John T. Seaman … Continue reading →