Field notes on leadership & change.
Essays on AI, accountability, transformation, product-led growth, high-performing teams, and operating with clarity through change.
The Science of Accountability: How to Make It Drive Performance
Accountability drives performance — but most leaders capture almost none of it. The research on why it backfires, and the three conditions that make it work.
Read the essay →Two of the Smartest Research Shops on Wall Street Disagree on AI. They Are Both Missing the Point.
Citrini and Citadel reach opposite conclusions on AI. Both miss the point — and the peer-reviewed neuroscience for why original human thought may be a permanent ceiling AI cannot reach.
Read →The Hidden Costs of Unintegrated Strategies for Sustainable Business Growth
A Proven Approach That Goes Against Conventional Scaling Wisdom Let me share something I’ve learned the hard way: Despite what most advisors...
Read →Win the AI Game: Your Practical Guide to Mastering Gen AI Now
Look, let’s cut to the chase. AI is no longer coming—it’s here, radically transforming how we work. And make no mistake, this isn’t...
Read →The Human-AI Synergy: Redefining Process Excellence in the Digital Age
Beyond the AI Hype: Transforming Core Operations with Human-AI Collaboration In my work advising Fortune 500 corporations and private equity...
Read →Why Leadership Teams Fail—and How to Fix It
Have you ever felt like you’re driving a high-performance car, but someone else is holding the steering wheel? You’re heading in the right direction,...
Read →M&A Success Is No Longer the Exception—It’s the Rule
Why Bolt-On Acquisitions Are Thriving in Today’s Business Environment When it comes to M&A, the game has changed. Years ago, most mergers...
Read →Transformation Is a Team Sport – And AI Is the Biggest Game Changer Yet
How AI is Transforming Businesses: A People, Process, and Technology Revolution Anyone remember all the failed public cloud adoptions and digital...
Read →The Pitfalls of Treating Your Company as a Family: Lessons from Airbnb, Netflix, and Beyond
In the competitive world of business, the idea of treating your company as a family has gained traction, especially among tech giants. However, as Air…
Read →Harnessing AI to Propel Private Equity Portfolio Companies to New Heights
Introduction In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, private equity (PE) portfolio companies face a myriad of challenges, including the impera…
Read →How High Performing Teams Work: Unlocking the Secrets of Success
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." - African Proverb Introduction In today's fast-paced business environment, the…
Read →Transforming Product and Engineering Teams for High Performance: Insights and Solutions
In my extensive work with product and engineering teams across various industries, I've consistently observed common challenges that hinder optimal pe…
Read →Unlocking Acquisition Success: Leveraging External Expertise to Achieve Your Strategic Goals
In today's dynamic business landscape, acquisitions have become a powerful tool for companies seeking transformation, growth, and competitive advantag…
Read →Are You a Manager or a Leader? The Difference Impacts Everything
Ken Gavranovic at Thinkers50 Thinkers50 – global meeting of the world top business thinkers Subir Chowdhury Ken Gavranovic By Ken Gavranovic, with ins…
Read →Navigating Leadership Frontiers: Insights from Thinkers50, the global awards event for the best business management leaders.
In leadership thought and practice, platforms like Thinkers50 stand as pivotal gatherings where today’s foremost thinkers in management share...
Read →Product-Led Growth or Customer Nurturing?
Product-Led Growth or Customer Nurturing? For Chief Product Officers, understanding the nuances of your product and the time required for customers to…
Read →Business Breakthrough 3.0 Out Now! Don't Wait, Buy Now
Business Breakthrough 3.0 has Arrived “BUSINESS BREAKTHROUGH 3.0 offers practical insights to drive structure affects decision-making speed and...
Read →The Difference Between Leaders and Managers: What Makes One a Leader?
Leadership and management are frequently spoken of as if they are synonymous, yet they are distinct concepts. It's a common misconception that manager…
Read →Product-led Growth: Is it right for your company?
Product-led Growth: Is it right for your company? The world is changing. As product-centric, market-led companies feel the pressure to take a customer…
Read →Stop the big quit. More than 2/3s of US employees are not actively engaged at work. Boost your employees’ engagement by 30% with 7 powerful questions.
Stop the Big Quit More than 2/3s of US employees are not actively engaged at work. Boost your employees’ engagement by 30% with 7 powerful questions.…
Read →Boost Your Enterprise Agility by Following the Three Rs
In the first article in this series, I made the case for enterprise agility – not just saying you’re a digital business but truly operating like one.…
Read →It’s Not Enough to Call Yourself a Digital Business – Here’s How to Operate Like One.
When your organization faces scary numbers – a weak quarterly report, low customer satisfaction, sluggish time-to-market – the natural instinct is to…
Read →You Call Yourself a Digital Business. But Do You Truly Operate as One?
It’s 2022. All businesses are digital, right? That assumption is not only not as safe as you think it is, it’s downright dangerous to the health of a…
Read →Are You Measuring Success by Outcomes Achieved or Activity Complete?
The difference is critical to your company’s success. Download the full deck here. For years, companies used to make annual plans to drive more Enterp…
Read →Risk Management-Reduce downtime, security vulnerabilities, and more with a risk matrix. Do you know your company’s Risk?
It doesn’t matter if your company is in the Fortune 100 or a small business that you operate from your home, Risk Management needs to be an integral p…
Read →Code Story Podcast Interview
Ken Gavranovic on Noah Labhart's Code Story podcast: learning assembly at ten in Galveston, building what became web.com, and running product and engineering at New Relic.
Read →No-Code Doesn’t Mean No Software Engineers
Among software development and tech professionals, there’s a lot of buzz and hype around no-code platforms. No-code has enormous potential to...
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