Entries by Corsica Partners

The Blindfold

The same brilliance that builds billion-dollar companies destroys them. It’s not incompetence. It’s not simply arrogance. It’s a twisted bi-product of success itself. Watch the pattern that killed billion-dollar empires. These leaders didn’t lose their intelligence. Success replaced their curiosity with certainty. 1997: Blockbuster has 6,470 stores, $3.91 billion in revenue, and 12 years of […]

CAIO: Not the Next Title—The New Foundation

CAIO! This is not a misspelled Italian greeting; it’s the signpost signaling the rise of the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. We’ve seen a surge in organizations (financial sponsors and their portcos) racing to appoint their first CAIO and we’ve helped them develop the requirements and recruit the best talent for this new C-Suite appointment. But what’s next? According […]