What’s Next?
Is Next’s business model strong enough to survive the next half of the Networked Era? I bought my first suit from a Hepworth’s store in Dartmouth in Devon, from Mr…
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?
Hydra in Charge
Was Ross Levinsohn’s departure from Yahoo inevitable, or even necessary? I once took on the role of CEO of a modest but well established business and on my first day…
Q: What is a drug company when its patents begin to run out? A: Ten years too late!
Just look what happens when you don’t invest and protect the source of your competitive advantage. AstraZeneca, the world’s fifth largest drugs company, measured by prescription drug sales, saw its…
Yahoo?
Marissa to the Rescue! If you have read many of my daily business commentaries – I don't call them “blogs” any more, as I was told it undervalued them –…
Should G4S’s Buckles Go?
Are penitential firings of proven business leaders really necessary? Measured on most yardsticks of business performance Nick Buckles, the CEO of G4S, has proven himself. He has created huge amounts…
Sewing the Head Back On the Chicken
What a treat we have install, waiting to see if France will allow Carrefour to turnaround. On 31st January 2012 I wrote about the sad plight of Carrefour, the second…
The Inevitable Fate of the Change Agent
Is it really possible to make peoples’ lives so unhappy at work that they kill themselves? I have had more than one boss with bullying tendencies. The best example was…
Are You Working In The Past?
“Why isn’t your business as flexible, molecular, risk sensitive, segmented, team based, information rich, socially networked, transparent, responsive, adaptive and agile as it could be?” Recently I was asked to…
The Shape of Growth
“Businesses just don’t grow in a straight line.” On 8 December 2011, I wrote here about Mulberry’s growth spurt, and then on 16 January this year about Anya Hindmarch. Both companies showing us how…
Fashions Change
“Zara is not market leader on the high street by accident.” Although my theoretical physicist son may disagree with me, it seems that time is flowing more quickly these days.…
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