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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Find a need and fill it
That is the ubiquitous advice given to business people and marketers alike since the beginning of … well, marketing. Amazon.com appears to believe they have found a potential need, and have patented a way to fill it. On November 6 … Continue reading
The “Best Practices” trap
A well recognized management maxim in today’s world is that each business activity should find “best practices” and seek to achieve at least that level of performance. While this might seem an obviously “good” idea, it may lead to several undesirable … Continue reading
Choices have consequences
We all know that choices have consequences, and many times we don’t see the results, or can’t tie the results to the choices we make. Sometimes we can. Looking at two people who made different choices when in similar positions, … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, do choices have consequences, founders of Apple, Jeffrey Skoll, Ronald Wayne
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Where to begin?
I just read a shocking article in Advertising Age. The shock was not the content of the article, it was that the article needed to be published … which it did. Unfortunately too many allegedly professional marketers are really professional communicators … Continue reading
The dog metaphor again: why dogs are like enterprise processes.
Walking a friend’s German Shepherd today got me thinking about dogs, dog training, and how they are like enterprise processes. When we had a German Shepherd, I did extensive training with him. His foundation was schutzhund, and later we did … Continue reading
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What can you learn in elementary school?
My friend and CEO coach in Wisconsin, John Howman, writes an interesting blog. He recently posted about an experience he had visiting St. Marcus Lutheran School in Milwaukee. Great read. Mitch
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Tagged John Howman, lessons for CEOs, St. Marcus Lutheran School
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Now is the time to hire
I ran into a friend today who had been a union carpenter for as long as I’ve known him. Of course work has been scarce the last two years, and it finally got to the point that he took a … Continue reading
Posted in competitive advantage, Down economy, recession
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