business practises
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Communication
Despite it being so easy to say communication is one of the hardest things to get right so that it lives up to its name.
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Food For Thought
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Four 2019 Trends That Will Change Everything
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How Sears Plans to Take on Amazon (and why it won’t work)
In boxing, where the margin for error is razor-thin, there is a way to describe anyone who simply looks at an opponent and plans to take him on his strengths with equal strengths. It’s called “cruising for a bruising”. It suggests the match will be spectacularly painful and probably one-sided. -
How The Change In Culture Affects Your Business
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Passion for What You Do Cannot Be Replaced by Anything
Everyone knows that the holiday sales season is make or break and perhaps none more so than in retail. In an unforgiving market and a tough economy casualties are to be expected. Sears Holdings, which owns Sears and K-Mart, both iconic US retail chains announced, on the last day of the year that up to 120 stores would be up for the chop. -
The Dog Effect
Anyone who has ever had a dog will understand this one:
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The Myth of Maintenance
Gym truths and business reality often coincide for the same reasons: biology and economics make it difficult to lie to oneself for long.
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The Panda Effect
Male pandas reach to 6ft in height and weigh over 100kg. They are as strong and powerful as you’d expect any bear to be.
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The Pride Response
Here are two truths: Every organization proclaims that it takes pride in what it does and, by association, takes pride in its people.
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The Stolen Fire podcast Ep 01
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The Trap of Wishful Thinking
Every business decision and marketing initiative dynamically see-saws between two states respectively called “Perfect” and “Ready”.
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Throw Away the Tea Leaves
Traditionally this is the time of the year when two things happen:
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Who’s Job Is It?
Customer service is full of known unknowns and unknown unknowns.
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Words That Are Overused
“Disruption is killing us.” I overheard this at a meeting recently. One Head of department to another. It’s marketing.