Posted on March 15th, 2010 by admin
The life of the business depends on your ability to formulate and execute good strategy. The ability to do this demands you not only have good strategy and good execution but you must also defeat or counter the strategy and execution abilities of your competitors. If this wasn’t enough you must do it in a continuously shifting technology and market environment. In “The Strategy Paradox” Michael Raynor drove this point home using Sony as an example. Both the Betamax and the Discman were backed by excellent strategy but during the product development life cycle there were advances in technology, competition and changes in market demands that Sony failed to adequately identify, assess and respond to. Read more »
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Posted on December 12th, 2009 by admin
I’m what you might call a micro business, well below what one thinks of as a small business. If I get any smaller I’m out of business. Dan Light Consulting without Dan Light closes the company. I’m not complaining mind you, I decided on a one man firm when it all started in 1990. Since then I’ve had the standard complaints about the peaks and valleys and lack of respect because some people equate capability with size but by and large I never wanted employees. Wednesday was one of those rare occasions where I second guess myself. Read more »
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Posted on December 12th, 2009 by admin
I completed a Price To Win class presented by Shipley Associates last week. It was definitely a good class that provided useful information. The instructor, David Murphy, presented the information is a clear and concise manner. Unfortunately I couldn’t help thinking some of the folks in the room were being set up to experience a whole boatload of pain and aggravation. Read more »
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Posted on December 12th, 2009 by admin
Nothing is ever as easy as everyone would have you believe. Telephone systems that are supposed to efficiently route our calls will soon necessitate adding another key pad to the average telephone to accommodate all the possible choices. Fast food is no longer fast and by the time you get through the drive-up window at the bank you’ve missed a payment on the bills you were putting the money in to cover. Read more »
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Posted on December 12th, 2009 by admin
I’ve come to the conclusion that, in some cases, there is a parallel between coaches trying to help a client increase sales and someone trying to find a word in the dictionary when they can’t spell. Read more »
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Posted on December 12th, 2009 by admin
Sunday,November 1, 2009 started just like every other morning of the week. I woke up and turned on Fox and Friends to get the latest fair and balanced news. The first headline I heard from Alisyn Camerota (the weekend anchor) was that Abdullah Abdullah had dropped out of the presidential race in Afganistan. An hour or so later I sat down to read the Sunday paper and the first headline I notice said, “Challenger poised to quit race”, another story about the Afghan presidential race. Read more »
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Posted on December 11th, 2009 by admin
I’m not one of those early adaptors and no one would accuse me of being techohology obsesed but the thing I look for when selecting a cell phone is how far up the technology ladder is it and how simple is it to operate. I want to make telephone calls, maintain my contact list and keep my calander. Past those three must haves everything else is gravy. Read more »
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