Upcoming Meeting
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Discussion Topic:
Key Success Factors to Accelerate Scaling Up
Two of the operating company strategies focused upon have grown 60% and 300% in revenues over a decade as a result of an innovation approach profiled in the cover article of the current issue of Harvard Business Review. The article addresses how companies can overcome failing to scale with their innovations. While the former company, in a highly competitive “red ocean” industry grew its market cap 34%, the other one found a blue ocean industry arena and grew its market cap by over 1200% in a decade.
This Key Success Factor is also addressed in a couple of chapters of a new book by the article’s authors. It is assigning a person with “bridger” skills to develop the necessary internal and external “partnering teams” to bring new innovations into full-fledged productivity in existing companies. They define the bridger is the person who deals with the creation and “influential leadership” essential for this.
We’ll also touch upon a palette of 15 other key success factors which have demonstrated their effectiveness even when only a few of them are used by companies applying them.
For our discussion after our opening presentation, Round Table Participants will discuss the following:
- What have been your key success factors (KSFs) in achieving your current business success?
- What KSFs might you be considering adding to these?
- What KSFs might you be considering subtracting from these?
- Is the concept of having a “bridger” in your organization something you’d consider to be of current or future value?
- Are any of the other potential KSFs we touched on in our discussion things you consider to be of current or future value?
As always, we’ll look to hear and discuss, “What’s Keeping You Up Nights?” and we’ll also serve as Strategic Advisory Board Members to Ken Neeld, Founder, Delphi, VP, A Toast Company, as he makes his Featured Member Presentation.
UPCOMING MEETING DATES
2026: JAN 8 FEB 5 MAR 5 APR 2 MAY 7 JUN 4 JUL 2 AUG 6 SEP 3 OCT 1 NOV 5 DEC 3
This Table typically meets on the 1st Thursday of each month.
*July session moved to July 10 due to 4th of July holiday.
Monthly meetings are held via Zoom with occasional In-Person sessions.
Past Discussion Topics
Your Use of Coaches - What's Working?
What's Working With Remote Work?
Negotiating - To Grow Your Company
No Code, RPA, & AI - Where Are You Using These?
Back To Work: How?
Best Ways to Deal with Our New Realities
COVID-19: What’s Best for Your Company Now?
Strategic Partnering to Accelerate Growth
What's Worked for You? How? & Why?
Strategic Partnering to Accelerate Growth
What's Worked for You? How? & Why?
Trends to Ride & to Deflect- Over the Next Two Years
Gaining Competitive Advantage With Analytics, How?
What's Working With Remote Work?
Negotiating - To Grow Your Company
No Code, RPA, & AI - Where Are You Using These?
Back To Work: How?
Best Ways to Deal with Our New Realities
COVID-19: What’s Best for Your Company Now?
Strategic Partnering to Accelerate Growth
What's Worked for You? How? & Why?
Strategic Partnering to Accelerate Growth
What's Worked for You? How? & Why?
Trends to Ride & to Deflect- Over the Next Two Years
Gaining Competitive Advantage With Analytics, How?
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