February 14, 2022 - HPA Senior Advisor Bob Kaplan examines why many companies that were labelled "too big to fail" often did, and what businesses can do to avoid succumbing to market shifts and competitive pressures over time.

January 24, 2022 - HPA Senior Advisor Bob Kaplan discusses the importance of Enterprise Architecture, why it's so often overlooked, and three things companies can do to get on the right track.

November 2, 2021 - For eCommerce businesses that want to make the most of year-end sales despite supply chain disruption and an ongoing pandemic, here are a few things to consider as you enter Holiday 2021.

Our Q&A with HPA Advisor Meredith Sandland takes a close look at the changes transforming the restaurant industry and explores her new book, Delivering the Digital Restaurant.

The cumulative impact of “string-of-pearls” acquisitions – or regularly paced, small to moderately sized acquisitions – has statistically created more value than the occasional large M&A effort. Here we discuss three compelling reasons this approach to M&A has proven its worth.

A multibillion dollar specialty retail company operating hundreds of stores in North America needed a broad business strategy to frame its near-term turnaround initiatives within a comprehensive plan to rebuild for growth.

HPA Senior Advisor Bob Kaplan discusses the important role of discipline in IT management – and why the “quick and easy” way is rarely either quick or easy in the longer term.

As we look ahead (even if it’s just a month at a time!), HPA Senior Advisor Alex Nesbitt suggests we borrow three practices from supply chain organizations for managing through volatility.

If retail companies have learned anything at all during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak, it’s this: When it comes to keeping the doors open during the six-foot-apart economy, adapt or die.

HPA Senior Advisor Bob Kaplan’s insightful discussion on IT management outlines a few common sense principles supported by project case examples, illustrating the dangers inherent within unorganized and impulsive thinking.