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What Now?

The digital business battlefields of future lore

September 12, 2014

The future is coming and managers far and wide have thrown their trust into technology, particularly looking toward the Internet of Things (IoT). However, because the future, unlike times in the past, is so vague the likelihood of a strategic initiative hit the mark is slim to none. Thus, writes

The Secret of Getting Business Deals Moving

August 21, 2012

Say it's not so! It can't be. But alas it is. We are segueing into September. Over the next two weeks bathing suits will be wrung out, surfboards stowed, and backpacks wrenched out from beneath that pile of camp gear. Turning up the dial This is a period of both great anticipation and trepidation.

Seven Business Books Worthy of Your Attention

August 13, 2012

If you're in the Northern Hemisphere don’t look now, but summer’s winding down. Grab time to go outside with your mobile device to catch up on both those rays and that summer to-do hit list. I know for me that includes mapping the learning blueprint for the Entrepreneurship course I'm slated

Keeping Your Strategy From Going Bust

July 23, 2012

Why do business strategies fail? They're developed by smart, insightful, and motivated people. That shouldn't be a formula which results in over 70% going belly up. Yet it does, with most doing so within six months of completion. Popular convention focuses on two causes of failure: people

Business [Re]Ignition: The 7 Rock Solid Elements of Executing Business Model Innovation – Part 7

June 25, 2012

If you sell, and we all do, you're in the business of changing behavior. Pop Quiz: How do you influence yours? Everything that we have covered up until this point will be for naught if you don't have (cultivate) the right mindset. One that constantly challenges how we approach tasks by

Business [Re]Ignition: The 7 Rock Solid Elements of Executing Business Model Innovation – Part 5

June 11, 2012

"In God we trust; all others must bring data." – W. Edwards Deming Who am I to argue? Deming is regarded as having had more impact upon Japanese manufacturing and business than any other individual. The problem is, this quote was more than likely birthed over half a century ago, well

Business [Re]Ignition: The 7 Rock Solid Elements of Executing Business Model Innovation – Part 4

June 4, 2012

The brutal truth about business is this: It’s hard. Have you ever asked yourself: Why aren’t we growing more/faster? Do we have the right solution; does it solve their mission critical issue? This isn’t working, what’s our alternative? If you said, “yes” about any of those questions

Business [Re]Ignition: The 7 Rock Solid Elements of Executing Business Model Innovation – Part 3

May 28, 2012

It’s not your father’s (or mother’s) business world anymore. Three momentous forces — technological, social, and economic — have conspired to rock the business world and caused things to become more complex and uncertain. And, as a result the old ‘go to’ methods fall flat. Point blank, it is a

Business [Re]Ignition: The 7 Rock Solid Elements of Executing Business Model Innovation – Part 1

May 14, 2012

In any high stakes venture it is vital, whether for yourself or a client, to have a sustainable edge. Warren Buffet calls it a Durable Competitive Advantage and Michael Porter refers to it as a Competitive Advantage. Regardless of the phrasing, the concept is the same. Never move into, or stay

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