Founder's Mentality® Overview About About Founder's Mentality About Micro-battles Book Blog Founder's Mentality® Blog Blog Our latest insights on achieving sustainable, profitable growth in a world of faster change Micro-battles and the Journey to Scale Insurgency Discrete, fast-moving initiatives bring focus to strategic choices and help companies rediscover the art of getting stuff done. Roadmap for a Post-Pandemic World Bain Partner James Allen shares how CEOs can sustain the speed and adaptability that their organizations uncovered during the crisis. The Engine 2 Imperative: New Business Innovation and Profitable Growth under Turbulence Amid new forms of competitive differentiation and shifting business boundaries, the potential to build innovative, next-generation businesses at scale has never been greater. Covid-19: Is Your Board Hitting the Brakes on CEO Succession? Crises slow the most critical leadership decisions. A New Social Contract: Talent in a Post-Covid-19 World Design an organization that supports and celebrates your most critical roles. A New Social Contract: Planning in a Post-Covid-19 World You have most of the answers you need from lockdown ways of working. The best CEOs already know what to do. A New Social Contract: Middle Management in a Post-Covid-19 World You don’t have a “middle” problem. You have a “muddle” problem. The Power-Up Sequence: Addressing the Organizational Costs of Covid-19 Lockdown To avoid a snapback to old ways of working, CEOs can start the journey toward a new social contract. Managing Trade-offs: Prediction, Adaptability and Resilience Here’s the CEO and board agenda for the long “dance” of recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. Serving Your Customers Flawlessly During the Long “Dance” CEOs are going on the offensive to build businesses for the new normal. When and How Should Leaders Retool for a Post-Coronavirus World? CEOs are learning from Apollo 13 and alpine-style mountaineering—yes, really. Covid-19: Macroeconomic Update and an Action Plan for CEOs Bain's Karen Harris and James Allen provide an update on macroeconomic conditions around Covid-19 and how CEOs can best respond. What Big Business Idea Will Emerge from the Pandemic? CEOs are reimagining the firm and fighting a snap back to old ways of working. Preparing for the Post-Pandemic World How the best CEOs are taking three actions to retool for the new normal. The Coronavirus May Inspire a Great Retooling What the CEOs of the 2020s can learn from the business leaders of the 1940s as they confront Covid-19. Rehearsing and Retooling for a Post-Coronavirus World Bain Partner James Allen discusses how leading businesses are adapting to better serve customers and employees today—and tomorrow. The Great Retooling: Adapting for Coronavirus and Beyond Here’s how CEOs are finding ways to win the battle for customer relevance and outrun extinction. Coronavirus: A CEO's Dress Rehearsal for the New World Business leaders are sharing five key messages with teams to prepare them for turbulence today—and tomorrow. Using Micro-battles to Build a Business of the Future The next generation of winning firms will be big and fast. Micro-battles can help companies get there. The Bain Micro-battles System℠ In the new era of business, leading firms will be big and fast. Micro-battles can help companies rediscover the art of business building to compete with scale and speed. See more
