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Less is More

In organizational dynamics, the paradox of growing complexity is that the less employees are constrained, the more likely they are to be creative and bounce back from adversity.
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Mapping the Future: We’re Writing the Book on RoundMap®

At RoundMap®, we believe the future of business lies in wholeness, not fragmentation. For too long, organizations have been shaped by linear thinking, short-term gains, and siloed operations. It’s time

12/04/2025
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Walmart’s Shared Value Networks: How Walmart is working toward greater equity

This article was derived from a post on Walmart World, that was taken offline for unknown reasons. What Are Walmart’s Shared Value Networks? Shared Value Networks (SVNs) were created in

15/01/2025
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More Than Crumbs: The Case for True Value Creation

For decades, shareholder primacy has dictated corporate decision-making, driving businesses to prioritize short-term profits and disproportionate returns to shareholders over long-term sustainability and stakeholder value. This extractive model, where 50-80%

05/01/2025
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The True Cost of Shareholder Primacy: A Mechanical Perspective

When we examine how businesses generate both profit and impact, imagine two interconnected gears – a small Profit Cycle gear meshed with a larger Purpose Cycle gear. Let’s assume that

04/01/2025
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Beyond Extraction: Why Regenerative Business is the Only Way Forward

The RoundMap’s Regenerative Business Framework proposes a dual-cycle approach to business: one focused on value creation and another on impact. However, reality presents us with a practical challenge: most organizations

22/12/2024
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The Adversaries of Holistic Thinking: A Personal Story on Breaking Down Divisions

In my time as an interim manager for a company, I witnessed firsthand how isolation and fragmentation hinder collaboration, innovation, and collective achievement. The marketing, sales, and customer service teams

15/12/2024
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RoundMap Regenerative Business Framework: Empowering the Present while Building the Future

Executive Summary The Regenerative Business Framework addresses the critical need for businesses to move beyond mere profitability toward regenerative practices that drive long-term growth and ecosystemic resilience. The framework introduces

08/12/2024
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The Two Cycles: Intertwining the Profit Cycle and Purpose Cycle

What if meeting today’s needs could also shape a better tomorrow? At first glance, the concepts of value creation and impact creation might seem interchangeable. After all, doesn’t delivering value

07/12/2024
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The RoundMap Flywheel: A Shift Toward Sustainable Ecosystem Resilience

What if impact creation was as strategic and intentional as value creation? What if every dollar earned didn’t just fuel a business’s bottom line but also strengthened its ecosystem—its customers,

06/12/2024
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Why Starting with ‘Why’ is a Recipe for Failure—and How to Do It Right

Simon Sinek’s famous Golden Circle framework suggests businesses should “start with why”—their purpose or mission—before addressing the how or what they have to offer. While inspiring in theory, this approach often leads

03/12/2024
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Rethinking the Flywheel: Why Amazon’s Misinterpretation Misses the Mark

The concept of a flywheel, as originally designed, was never about spinning faster to achieve exponential growth. It was about stabilizing energy output—ensuring a steady, reliable flow of power to

02/12/2024
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From Striving to Thriving: How Amazon is a Strive-Driven Giant Failing to Thrive

Amazon has become synonymous with business success, often hailed as a master of efficiency, customer obsession, and innovation. At the heart of its growth strategy is a self-reinforcing cycle often

01/12/2024
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The Flywheel of Shared Success: How Impact Drives Sustainable Growth

In the fast-paced world of business, the focus often rests on immediate value creation—developing products, closing deals, and driving revenue. While these activities generate vital energy for the business engine,

30/11/2024
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The Reciprocity Effect: How Giving Back Completes the Cycle

Ten years ago, I began developing the Customer Lifecycle—a map of frontline activities—because I saw how social media was reshaping the marketplace. It wasn’t just a technological shift; it was

30/11/2024
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Impact Strategies to Amplify Value and Mitigate Harm Across Stakeholders

What if doing the right thing wasn’t just a moral choice but a strategic one? What if amplifying your organization’s positive impact while mitigating harm could strengthen the very ecosystem

30/11/2024
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From Extraction to Contribution: Thriving Together with Shared Success

The Flywheel of Shared Success is designed to demonstrate that staying within the boundaries of responsible growth doesn’t mean limiting our ambitions—it means channeling them toward something more sustainable and

29/11/2024
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The Twin Engines of Progress: Returns on Value and Impact

At the heart of the Flywheel of Shared Success lies the powerful interplay between Value Returns and Impact Returns, both of which operate on the principles of capturing, investing, giving

29/11/2024
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From Hopping for Cash to Building Bridges: Why Self-Interest Alone Can’t Sustain Shared Prosperity

What we’re proposing with the Flywheel of Shared Success is nothing short of a call to confront and correct our deeply flawed execution of Adam Smith’s foundational principles of capitalism.

28/11/2024
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If Adam Smith would still be alive, how would he perceive our modern economic systems?

If Adam Smith were to assess the state of our modern economic systems, his critique would likely be sharp yet eloquent, reflecting the moral gravitas of The Theory of Moral

26/11/2024
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The Impact Chain Framework: Transforming Values into Shared Success

The Impact Chain operates alongside the Value Chain, complementing its focus on value creation and economic profit. While the Value Chain transforms activities into financial outcomes, the Impact Chain transforms

26/11/2024
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Value Chain vs. Impact Chain—Defining the Difference

For decades, the value chain has been the backbone of business, guiding organizations to create and deliver value efficiently. But as the world grows more complex, so do the ripple

25/11/2024
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Unveiling the Impact Chain: Unlocking the Marvelous Flywheel of Shared Success

For decades, Michael Porter’s Value Chain has been a cornerstone of strategic thinking, guiding businesses to optimize activities for profitability. While undeniably powerful, it reflects a linear, profit-centric worldview that

24/11/2024
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The Strive & Thrive Cycle: Distinquishing Between Value and Impact

Distinguishing between value creation and deployment (Strive-phase) and impact creation and deployment (Thrive-phase) is critical to clarifying their roles within the Strive & Thrive Cycle. Here’s is how we differentiate between

21/11/2024

From Striving to Thriving: How Decathlon is Shaping a Sustainable Future in Sports Retail

In the ever-evolving world of sports retail, the line between short-term success and long-term impact is a delicate balancing act. For companies like Decathlon, the journey from striving to thriving

21/11/2024
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Unchaining Business from the Military Model: A Path Toward Shared Prosperity

As businesses strive to meet the demands of an increasingly complex world, a fundamental tension emerges: traditional structures designed to maximize efficiency often limit the very qualities—creativity, collaboration, and adaptability—that

12/11/2024
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