March (to October) Madness
HPA Founder & Managing Director Sumeet Goel reflects on the past six months, and shares his thoughts on how we can work together to come out of this global crisis in our best possible place.
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Business Transformation Strategy and Market Assessment
A multibillion dollar specialty retail company operating hundreds of stores in North America needed a broad business strategy to frame its near-term turnaround initiatives within a comprehensive plan to rebuild for growth.
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The Right Way or The Wrong Way – How are You Managing IT?
HPA Senior Advisor Bob Kaplan discusses the important role of discipline in IT management – and why the “quick and easy” way is rarely either quick or easy in the longer term.
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Managing the Whipsaw: Planning for the Next Normal
As we look ahead (even if it’s just a month at a time!), HPA Senior Advisor Alex Nesbitt suggests we borrow three practices from supply chain organizations for managing through volatility.
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Pivoting as Business Strategy: The Pandemic Edition
If retail companies have learned anything at all during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak, it’s this: When it comes to keeping the doors open during the six-foot-apart economy, adapt or die.
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How Strategy Development Changes in a Downturn
HPA COO Justin Moser discusses six key shifts in thinking that are key to managing in the midst of a downturn.
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Common Sense: The Missing Factor in IT Management
HPA Senior Advisor Bob Kaplan’s insightful discussion on IT management outlines a few common sense principles supported by project case examples, illustrating the dangers inherent within unorganized and impulsive thinking.
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90 Days Later: Tuesday TouchPoints in Review
HPA Founder & Managing Director Sumeet Goel wraps our Tuesday TouchPoints series with an insightful reflection on the last 90 days, and perspectives on the new normal.
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On COVID-19 and Racial Inequality with Derrell Porter, M.D.
Our Q&A with HPA Advisor and biopharmaceutical expert Derrell Porter, M.D. looks not only at COVID-19, testing, and possible treatments and vaccines, but also highlights the intersection of healthcare with racial equality, and how those issues are at play in the fight against the virus.
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Building a Social Impact Strategy for COVID-19 and Beyond
How can companies activate meaningful social impact during COVID-19, and longer-term? Mark Feldman, Founder & Managing Director of Cause Consulting, discusses this important question and outlines six considerations.
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