Banking Insights and Identifying Post-Recession Opportunities

“Being seen as a group that is purely visionary and focused on idea generation can make your group vulnerable to cuts,” writes Michael Perman, a former innovation and marketing leader at Gap Inc. and Levi Strauss. Perman explains how to avoid that fate when recessions, or other organizational stressors, are on the way.

January 16, 2020 · 1 min read

When a recession descends — or even when there are signs that one might be on the way — large organizations tend to diminish their ability to be ambidextrous. They begin overweighting their operational skills and actions, while allowing their innovation skills to slide, out of…