...an opportunity, focus first on how hard it will be instead of on how profitable it might be, their business has one foot in the grave and a shovel in...…
...promotes a healthy attitude toward career management. That is, you’re responsible for it. The best companies will provide you with education and opportunity. That’s the limit of their role in...…
...or it may involve market research. Just watch out for the we’ve-reached-consensus-so-we-must-be-right fallacy. Automobile makers did this successfully, rejecting online purchasing and instead helping buyers research car purchases. Now comes...…
...likely to invest in revenue enhancement or cost reduction than in addressing risk, because investments in revenue enhancement and cost reduction yield tangible returns. In that column I used risk...…
...What does it mean for an organization to be agile, and what does it take? What it means isn’t especially complicated. While Wikipedia’s entry on the subject is less than...…
...don’t last. Myth #3: Outsourcing is for non-strategic functions only, or non-core competencies. Companies routinely outsource the strategic function of marketing to advertising agencies, and nobody thinks twice. Core competencies?...…
...Halitosis! makes most toothpastes hide away in fear. It drives your friends away, and your pastor pray That he sees you in his rear-view mirror … No? How about: Folger’s...…
...experts in the field still call it that. No matter how hard your business is, retailing is harder. Bank on it. For example: If you think your manufacturing company has...…
...a business, complete with its own, independently derived strategy, operating model, and other accoutrements of a standalone corporation. Chief Integration Officer: Buy when you can. Build when you have to....…
...something you don’t fully understand was done wrong came from Carlton Vogt, author of Enterprise Ethics (www.enterprise-ethics.com). Carlton’s opinions are always worth reading … including, I hope, the one here....…