HBS Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee on "Better, Simpler Strategy"

HBS Club of Calgary and HBS Club of Toronto present a conversation with HBS Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration, Unit Head, Strategy on his recent book Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance.

In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In Better, Simpler Strategy, Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee shows how these companies achieve more by doing less. At a time when rapid technological change and global competition conspire to upend traditional ways of doing business, these companies pursue radically simplified strategies. At a time when many managers struggle not to drown in vast seas of projects and initiatives, these businesses follow simple rules that help select the few ideas that truly make a difference.

Better, Simpler Strategy provides readers with a simple tool, the Value Stick,…