Back when one of my kids was still a teenager, I remember her saying her legs hurt. Two days later, her pants were two inches too short. Growth is painful, hard, and often uneven. While a teenager’s growing pains are literal, a company’s is figurative—but it’s no less real. Growth and pain go together for a reason. For businesses, that pain is often due (as I explain in this blog) to a growing chasm between the strategy and intent of a company and the execution. One of the reasons for this is...
