We’ve been exploring Outthink the Competition: How a New Generation of Strategists Sees Options Others Ignore by Kaihan Krippendorff, the critical need for your business to innovate and create disruption in today’s economy, not just to thrive, but in many cases to survive.
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Topics: strategy, OUTTHINK THE COMPETITION, Strategy Decision, OUTthnkers 5 most common Strategies, Coordinate the Uncoordinated
Topics: strategy, OUTTHINK THE COMPETITION, Strategy Decision, Coordinate the Uncoordinated
Godzilla & AFLAC Duck - Create Something Out of Nothing
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 11, 2017
Topics: OUTTHINK THE COMPETITION, Strategy Decision, Create Something Out of Nothing, OUTthnkers 5 most common Strategies, Aflac
My experience in business coaching for the last 18 years teaches me the fundamental need for your business to balance objectivity and subjectivity. In Gazelles Scaling Up we call this the balance between Productivity/Process and Relationships/People.
Read MoreTopics: Patrick Lencioni, Pearson's Law, measurement, Organizational Health, Two Drivers, People and Process, Relationships and Productivity
I’m on vacation this week so I’m republishing a couple of blogs I feel have the greatest value and interest. This particular blog is on measurement and is based on a chapter in one of my favorite authors and books, Aubrey Daniels’ Bringing Out the Best in People.
Read MoreTopics: Bringing Out the Best In People, People, Aubrey Daniels, positive reinforcement, measurement, People Development
Topics: Core Purpose, strategy, OUTTHINK THE COMPETITION, Strategy Decision, BE GOOD
Topics: employee engagement, Decision-Making, change, Gallup's Q12 Employee Engagement Survey, Effective Leadership
"It's conceivable that someday our suppliers could try to go direct to consumers and cut us out partially or entirely from our most profitable customer base." Dudley Fleck, Fleck Sales, Cedar Rapids, IA
Read MoreTopics: strategy, OUTTHINK THE COMPETITION, Trends, Strategy Decision
Topics: Four Decisions, How Does Your Business Measure Up, Four Decisions Needs Assesment
Several decades ago, three teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area were selected for a research project on teacher expectations.