The Simple Question That Can Make You Rich
Strategic clarity allows you to make much better decisions about your business. I have a question for you. It appears to be very simple, but if you really work hard…
These articles illustrate why leadership matters. Few great businesses are built without inspirational leadership and we can all learn from the people in the news who are doing this well. What can you learn from the people described in the articles below?
Steak & Chips Shopping
If you own a cash cow you should milk it for all it is worth. Wiki Answers tells me that the term “cheap as chips” is derived from a time…
How Long Will The Last Man Stand?
The failure of a direct competitor is always a signal for you to act. I have had a very varied career and worked in several large and rather chaotic businesses…
How to Respond To Change
What can we learn from Nuance Communications about how to respond to our changing business world? Selling things has become much more competitive in recent years. Access and distribution barriers,…
Sheer Hippy Pants
Why Lululemon has been so successful. Lululemon is fascinating. It is a phenomenally successful Canadian brand of trendy work-out gear. At the moment it is in the news because it…
Sort it out
Who has the upper hand in your business you or your staff? I once worked in the same office as John, now Lord, Browne: he was a petroleum engineer and…
Breakfast with Business & Energy
Why don’t I understand what politicians say? I had breakfast today with Michael Fallon, who is lucky enough to have two jobs: Secretary of State for Business & Secretary of…
alex.i.am
What we can all learn from super-achievers. As I have an audience for this blog in many countries around the world I worry sometimes that my subject matter might not…
GI Josephine
If only all Hasbro’s toys had the gender balance of the Potato Head family. In 1923, Henry, Hilal and Herman Hassenfeld formed Hassenfeld Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1940…
The Golden Rule
If you aren’t sure where to take your business next, don’t copy JC Penney. On 8 January this year I wrote about the sad case of the US retailer Sears CLICK…