My aim ...
First blog entry … the hardest to write As I first brainstormed the realities of today’s constantly changing and competitive world with clients, friends and students, it became clear to me that our old ways of planning and strategizing are not appropriate for the new world of big data, analytics, artificial intelligence, constant innovation and the millennial generation. And that was the origin of my book, The Caterpillar’s Edge . I started writing this book a couple of years ago. But the first versions soon became obsolete. The book evolved many times. Along the way, now my good friend, Webster Stone, joined the journey as my “no nonesense” editor. I would write and Web would reject … I would re-write and Web would raise the bar – tough love, true and true. Make it crisper, get to the point, no consulting lingo he would emphasize. As I conceived every idea and wrote every word and sentence, Web (at times with great frustration!) helped me sharpen my thoughts and re-evaluate eve