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Danger Ahead: Avoid This Theory at All Costs

Matt Beckmann

Jun 13, 2023

Danger Ahead: Avoid This Theory at All Costs

Matt Beckmann discusses the dangerous theory of post-modernism and why it needs to be rooted out from society.

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Client Testimonial - Verena Solutions

Matt Beckmann talks with Mike Infanger of Verena Solutions about how Ascent has helped his firm unlock millions of dollars in value.

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Content for Leaders, Entrepreneurs, & Professional Development - The Ascent Library

Matt Beckmann

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Content for Leaders, Entrepreneurs, & Professional Development - The Ascent Library

Matt Beckmann's cultivated reading list for leaders, executives, and anyone seeking personal and professional development

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How to Thrive in the Project Economy

Matt Beckmann provides business leaders with a framework for success in the project economy

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Make Strategic Thinking a Priority Again

Matt Beckmann

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Make Strategic Thinking a Priority Again

Matt Beckmann discusses the importance of strategic thinking, and offers executives and leaders advice on how to make it a priority.

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Client Case Study - Market Intelligence

An existing Client presented with a unique value-add technology that has broad potential applicability. Problem. The Client lacked the...

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Matt Beckmann

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How Leaders Face Adversity, and Win

Last week, I discussed how “the pause” is a powerful tool for building awareness and perspective, and is the first step to unlocking your...

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To Find Success, Eliminate this Type of Thinking

Matt Beckmann

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To Find Success, Eliminate this Type of Thinking

Matt Beckmann discusses why leaders and business owners must work to eliminate reductionist thinking, and how they can create better decisio

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Lessons in Planning from Buffett & Bezos

Matt Beckmann

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Lessons in Planning from Buffett & Bezos

“An idiot with a plan can beat a genius without a plan.” - Warren Buffett For many people “Plan” is a word that occupies space among...

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A Roadmap to Better Decision Making: Reducing Cognitive Biases, part 3

Matt Beckmann

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A Roadmap to Better Decision Making: Reducing Cognitive Biases, part 3

Part 3 of how heuristics and cognitive bias can impact strategy, and how you can mitigate those effects.

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A Roadmap to Better Decision Making: Reducing Cognitive Biases, part 2

Matt Beckmann

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A Roadmap to Better Decision Making: Reducing Cognitive Biases, part 2

Part 2 - Examining how we can train ourselves to minimize the effects of heuristics and cognitive biases to improve commercial outcomes.

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A Roadmap to Better Decision Making: Reducing Cognitive Biases

Matt Beckmann

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A Roadmap to Better Decision Making: Reducing Cognitive Biases

Part 1: An introduction into heuristics and cognitive biases, and how they can impact business and corporate strategy.

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Tips to Propel Small Businesses to Success & Resiliency, Part 6

Matt Beckmann

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Tips to Propel Small Businesses to Success & Resiliency, Part 6

Our final entry in the "11 Common Challenges Facing Startups & Small Businesses".

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Tips to Propel Small Businesses to Success & Resiliency, Part 5

Matt Beckmann

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Tips to Propel Small Businesses to Success & Resiliency, Part 5

Part 5 in our "11 Challenges for Startups & Small Businesses" series.

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Tips to Propel Small Businesses to Success & Resiliency, Part 4

Matt Beckmann

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Tips to Propel Small Businesses to Success & Resiliency, Part 4

Part 4 in Matt Beckmann's analysis of the common challenges for startups and small business.

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Tips to Propel Small Businesses to Success & Resiliency, Part 3

Matt Beckmann

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Tips to Propel Small Businesses to Success & Resiliency, Part 3

Part 3 of our Common Business Challenges covers Finding the Right People, and your Organizational Architecture.

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Tips to Propel Small Businesses to Success & Resiliency, Part 2

Matt Beckmann

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Tips to Propel Small Businesses to Success & Resiliency, Part 2

Part 2 in our series examining the 11 common challenges faced by startups and small businesses.

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Tips to Propel Small Businesses to Success & Resiliency

Matt Beckmann

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Tips to Propel Small Businesses to Success & Resiliency

Matt Beckmann discusses common challenges for startups and small business, part 1.

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Matt Beckmann

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The Covid Ripple Effect 8.24.20

Today, we discuss the ripple effects of business changes brought on by Covid.

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Matt Beckmann

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Thursday Tactic 8.20.20

How are you using this time to create and update key business strategies?

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Matt Beckmann

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Wednesday Debrief 8.19.20

Breaking down the Time Management Matrix to help you get more organized.

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