BUSINESS TRANSFORMATIONS
3 high-stakes pivots CEOs valued
AS CEO, DO YOU VALUE THE TRUTH YOU MUST HEAR?
I was Advisor to a healthcare startup seeking $25M in venture funding
DIAGNOSIS: Productizing isn't merely embedding a business process in software code; you need innovation that delivers new value to customers, but the startup's business model lacked a differentiating innovation
RISK: Without a differentiating innovation, the probability of funding was zero
ADVICE: Predicting an upcoming crash, I gave the bad news required to pivot
OUTCOME: The startup failed to secure funding, as I had accurately predicted
BUSINESS INNOVATIONS
3 published frameworks global CEOs valued
Over two hundred global enterprises gained new value across hundreds of projects
Since the 80s: Gillette, DHL, AstraZeneca, AmeriChoice, Pfizer, 7-Eleven, Intel USA, IBM Labs worldwide, Volvo spanning a wide range of industries including manufacturing, healthcare, and banking
Productized my transformation framework's structured logic into a functional software prototype
PEOPLE DEVELOPED
High-impact contributors CEOs value
Productized my Contribution framework into a proof of concept app as part of my Contribution R&D
BOOKS
Sharing business logic CEOs value
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