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. How to Succeed in an Era of Volatility Invest in prediction, adaptability, and resilience. 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. See more
