To address the issue of integrated water resource management for Morocco, Monitor Group has worked with the country’s Ministry of Water to develop and implement a national water strategy. Monitor’s approach and key findings were recently presented at the 2010 International Water Week in Singapore.

In this feature article "Shotgun Blues" from The Conference Board Review, Monitor's Bansi Nagji and Brian Quinn explain how corporate leaders can set a course to innovate in their organizations and industries to unlock value and create new opportunities for growth.

In this article adapted from the authors’ new book, The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing (Prentice Hall, 2010), coauthors Thomas T. Nagle, Joseph Zale and John Hogan explore how executives can create pricing policies that lead to profitable and productive customer relationships.

In this webcast presentation, experts from Monitor share specific insights gained from 25 years of experience helping executives lead major transformations in their organizations. Experts explain the critical enablers of successful transformation and the barriers that every leader must anticipate and confront. And they will explain why speed is essential to execute bold new ideas that create lasting impact.

A business environment in which carbon emissions carry new costs creates a different competitive context. To succeed in this new environment, companies must reevaluate their core strategic choices, rethink their critical sources of competitive advantage and invest in new capabilities.

In this Harvard Business Review cover article, Robert H. Miles, a senior adviser to Monitor, outlines six organizational problems which can slow corporate change, and explains how to attack them sequentially.

A report from the Center for American Progress, the Asia Society, Monitor Group and Dr. S. Julio Friedmann from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, provides a framework for the United States and China to develop carbon capture and sequestration technologies to curb pollution and create new jobs.

Companies need to look beyond their walls to compete in these tumultuous times. Open innovation can help businesses more reliably discover new ideas, but they need discipline to pursue the right opportunities with the right approaches. Read more and see other articles in our series.

In this video Eamonn Kelly outlines four key discontinuities driving global change and identifies how leaders can take action to gain competitive advantage. It is part of a special series explaining how leaders can seize opportunities during tumultuous times.

Controlling costs has become a necessity for every business in these difficult and uncertain times. But taking costs out of an organization carries significant risks as well as opportunities. How companies approach cost reductions now will help determine their financial health and competitive position when the recovery takes hold.

In this paper, Monitor's Josh Lee and Karin Stawarky discuss how adaptive cost management empowers business leaders to focus spending decisions on strategy and growth.