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Scott Bennett, Nations Financial Group ~ Cedar Rapids, IA

Doug's Four Decisions Workshop has allowed our company to focus on our top priorities for the year. With the use of the 1 page strategic plan, company and individual dashboards we are better able to track performance and measure results. For the first time we have a clear company goal with everyone working towards that common goal. We are extremely excited to continue working with Doug in the future.

Greg Mercurio ~ IFTI Independent Floor Testing & Inspection, Inc, Concord, CA

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Tyna, Charge Team ~ JPMA

In 2013, in addition to growing sales dollars and market share, we cut our return beer rate (ROR) by over 35%. Nearly $600,000 less beer was double handled and brought back to the warehouse by your efforts. This improvement drove the revenue and gross margin numbers up, as well as helped considerably in reducing warehouse, merchandising, and delivery costs.

"Mike Schulte, VP Sales, Fleck Sales Company ~ Cedar Rapids, IA

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Great Strategy: Clarity On What You Want

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Oct 16, 2017

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Did you determine your Competitiveness score? Calculate Your OUTthinker Score - Assessment provides a link to download the quick assessment based on the 8 P’s (dimensions) of Positioning, Product, Price, Physical Appearance, Placement, Promotion, Process, People.

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Calculate Your OUTthinker Score - Assessment

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Oct 12, 2017

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It’s been asked of me, “Why all the emphasis on Outthinking?”

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The Five Habits of Outthinkers – Develop a Winning Habit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Oct 2, 2017

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How do some people see and seize strategic options that others overlook?

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Disrupt Yourself or Be Disrupted By the Competition

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 25, 2017

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“When you’re green your grow, when you ripe you rot.”

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Topics: OUTTHINK THE COMPETITION, Strategy Decision, Disruptive Strategies, Move Early to the Next Battleground

OUTthinker Examples: Coordinate the Uncoordinated

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 18, 2017

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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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OUTthinker Strategy - Coordinate the Uncoordinated

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Sep 14, 2017

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Today’s world economic environment and technological advances demand innovation.

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Godzilla & AFLAC Duck - Create Something Out of Nothing

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 11, 2017

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You wouldn’t believe Godzilla and the AFLAC Duck would have much in common.

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Build A Cathedral – OUTthinkers Strategy: BE GOOD

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 31, 2017

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Brick Layers

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The Death of the Middleman – OUTthink the Competition

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 24, 2017

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"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

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Pitfalls to Profitable Growth Internal - The Founders Mentality – Scale Up San Antonio Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jun 29, 2017

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Would it surprise you to discover most of the challenges with profitable growth are internal factors versus external factors?

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Topics: strategy, Scale Up Summit San Antonio, The Founders Mentality, Strategy Decision, ScaleUp Summit Learning, Chris Zook

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