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Strategic Discipline Blog
Bone Marrow Transplant Update – Last Week’s Clinic Visit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, May 28, 2015
Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, leukemia, Strategic Discipline, Bone Marrow Transplant, Mono Somy 7, Michelle Wick
Find Waste, 2 Second Lean – Paul Akers – Orlando Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, May 26, 2015
Ever received your airline boarding pass and been puzzled on how to decipher what it all means?
Topics: Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, Leadership Summit, Paul Akers, 2 Second Lean
Newsjacking – David Meerman Scott – Orlando Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, May 21, 2015
It’s called newsjacking, and David Meerman Scott believes by taking a few risks your company can gain followers and customers to elevate your position in your market and industry.
Topics: Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, David Meerman Scott, Social Media, Newsjacking
Recurring Revenue Streams II – Automatic Customer – Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 18, 2015
The Trojan Horse Effect and increased company value. Recurring Revenue can have a dramatic impact on your business if you can uncover the means to achieve it. John Warrillow provided his insights from his book The Automatic Customer at the Orlando Leadership Summit. We covered two of the nine business models for recurring revenue in John Warrillow, The Automatic Customer – Orlando Growth Summit. All nine business models can be found in an e-book here.
Topics: Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, The Automatic Customer, John Warrillow, Leadership Summit, Recurring Revenue Streams
John Warrillow, The Automatic Customer – Orlando Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Fri, May 15, 2015
You own a floral shop. Holidays like Mother’s Day, just recently celebrated, and Valentine’s Day comprise 30% of your annual revenue stream. In order to achieve foot traffic that will result in impulse sales you can pay as much as $150 a square foot. Worse of all you lose 50% of your inventory every month to waste. It simply rots before you can sell it. Your customer is at best variable and seasonal.
Topics: Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, The Automatic Customer, John Warrillow, Leadership Summit, Recurring Revenue Streams
Less is More - Think Like a Winner – Orlando Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, May 14, 2015
Built to Last author John Warrillow kicked off Wednesday’s Growth Summit. His presentation on recurring revenue ideas from his new book The Automatic Customer should be what this blog is on. That was until Rabbi Stephen Baars presented. Rabbi Baars delivered the shortest of the four Leadership speakers, about 15 minutes in length. There were four outstanding presentations today, I believe he had the greatest impact on the audience.
Topics: less is more, Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, Rabbi Stephen Baars
Hooked: How to Build Habit Forming Products – Orlando Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Wed, May 13, 2015
This blog is no stranger to the value of habits. We’ve written about habits many times in the past.
Topics: leadership, Growth Summit, habits, customer loyalty, Customer needs, appreciation
We’ve discussed how innovation occurs in your business previously in What's Your Innovation Process Look Like?
Topics: employee engagement, Core Values, employee performance, Pearsons Law
Are you open to learn from your errors? If you’re open to learn from your mistakes, often they can launch success and opportunities that would never have occurred without accepting failure.
Topics: Employee Feedback, themes, Culture of Discipline, Company Culture, Scaling Up Verne Harnish
Why, What, How of a Weekly Meeting and Meeting Rhythms
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Apr 30, 2015
Last blog Why Meeting Rhythms are a Critical Strategic Discipline we captured why weekly meetings are so important, providing a little tease on why, what, and how to conduct this centerpiece of aligning discipline that stirs growth in your business.
Topics: Customer Feedback, Employee Feedback, weekly meetings, meeting rhythms, Best Business Practices