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NO. 1 LEADERSHIP COLUMNIST ON FORBES.COM

Since 2009, Adam has been the

Adam’s weekly posts have boldly and correctly predicted the future of companies such as Sears, RIM and Microsoft.

Covering all industries from small businesses to large corporations, follow Adam on Forbes and gain insight to the latest market trends.

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MASTERING BUSINESS GROWTH
IN A DYNAMIC WORLD

Organizations today struggle to maintain dominant market positions. When focusing on your core threatens to make your business irrelevant, due to fast changing markets, predicting future twists and turns seems impossible. When you fear being “Amazoned” or “Ubered” or “AirBnB” disrupted, your organization needs guidance — and fast.

Adam Hartung’s 20 plus years of experience developing and implementing successful business strategies to take advantage of new innovations and technologies have made him a worldwide leading speaker on innovation and harnessing disruptions for growth. As a Leadership Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and as the No. 1 Leadership columnist for Forbes.com, with over 50 million readers since 2009, Adam has been featured in publications such as Rolling Stone, The Week and BBC Television for his bold market predictions — which have all come true. Through a rich collection of case studies and stories, Adam can show your audience how to recognize and become a game changer, develop new businesses, create new products and seize hidden marketplace opportunities.

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IBM’s Demise – Why You Can Do MUCH Better

IBM fell into the Growth Stall trap. As the competition increased and market demand shifted, revenues fell. This led to a vicious cycle of cost cutting and diminished innovation.

The End of Trumpism

Trumps policies were doomed to fail long term because they resisted major global trends. The best path forward for any country is to embrace these trends and use them to build an advantage.

The Decline and Fall of Chicago and Illinois

Chicago and the state of Illinois are collapsing due to decades of fiscal mismanagement and political dealing. This trend was bright as day but was, as they say in Chi-town, “the can was kicked down the road” for the next guy to deal with.

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Ron Zoromski

Adam Hartung, author of Create Marketplace Disruption, was my guest speaker at a recent FEI Career Management Group Breakfast. Adam did an excellent job of enlightening the group …

Juli Bohm

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Rachel Patterson

Adam Hartung presented to our University of Chicago Booth School of Business’ Consulting Roundtable (CRT). His presentation focused on how to galvanize our companies and clients — insights …

Gregory C. Vrablik

Just wanted to let you know that the Members and I enjoyed your presentation and found it to be insightful and impactful. We continue to discuss different aspects of your presentation and, in particular, use your “locked-in” concept… especially during these...

Bill Durkin

Your recent presentation to The Association for Corporate Growth CEO group was remarkable. The feedback we got from the leaders who attended was outstanding. Your researched based …

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Sudhakar Ramakrishna

Adam presented practical, actionable viewpoints to our management team. Using a combination of examples and specific to-dos, he explained how we can avoid a lock-in mindset that has resulted …

Robert H. Ecker

Adam Hartung, author of Create Marketplace Disruption, was my guest speaker at a recent FEI Career Management Group Breakfast. Adam did an excellent job of enlightening the group on the concepts in his book,

John N. Younker

First, let me recommend you strongly consider Adam Hartung’s presentation. It was very well received and valued by my two audiences – all 5s out of 5. I believe that Adam’s presentation couldn’t come …

William V. Adams

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Excellent job at the FSA Spring Meeting in Savannah, Georgia. Many members came up to me and indicated you were one of the best speakers we have had at any of our meetings. Your topic was very timely and helps all of us clarify the...

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