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Corporate Kryptonite™ & Bill Burnett Published

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June 2009

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Corporate Kryptonite

Bill Burnett Article Published

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Greetings!  

Many experts believe that the economy has hit bottom. Are you and your organization ready to take advantage of any improvement?

Here are two new ideas to start your thinking.

Enjoy!

Dan, Bill, and Buckley
The Launchpad Partners

Is Corporate Kryptonite™ Killing Your Business?

Is your company as successful as it could be? 

Active Kryptonite We've been in situations in which we've been able to create extraordinary amounts of value in remarkably little time.  We've increased company values as much as 10x in less than two years, taken a company from receivership to a value of $650mm in 18 months, found a $3 billion profit improvement in just 4 weeks.  Not surprisingly, we're often asked how we've managed to do that.  The answer: we've helped these companies find and get rid of their Corporate Kryptonite.  How do you find and get rid of your Corporate Kryptonite?
 
Click here to read more on Corporate Kryptonite.

Create Sustainable Competitive Advantage

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Bill was published in the premier issue of the International Journal of Innovation Science.  He proposes that the 'Holy Grail' of business is a sustainable competitive advantage.  In his article, Bill shows us how we achieve competitive advantage by creating and protecting new knowledge.   Of the three ways humans create new knowledge, Synthesis is the key skill for the 21st century.  Bill provides great insight into this unusual skill.  He also talks about the people with this talent (Supersynthesizers) and explains how to find them and how to utilize their unique skills. 

Click here to read the full article.

About Launchpad Partners
Launchpad Partners provides performance improvement services to mid-market companies.  We guide organizations through stressful transitions, including growth beyond the company's ability to remain in control, transition from stagnation or decline to prosperity, anticipated sale of the business, or other leadership handoffs.  We do this by helping to identify and execute the most direct path to sustainable growth in revenue, profit and cash flow.  We serve owners and leaders who are ready to embrace change in order to achieve extraordinary results.
 
Contact us at:
 
Buckley Brinkman:        612/991-2629  buckley@launchpadpartners.net 

Bill Burnett:                   847/219-2285   bill@launchpadpartners.net
 
Dan Wallace:                630/355-4516   dan@launchpadpartners.net