Tips for coping with inflation
Harvard Business School’s John Quelch offers tips for coping with inflation and sticker shock, which we humbly embellish.
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Jim Hancock discusses the future of the music industry in light of an interview between Wired magazine and Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris.
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As you watch this 40-second video from Bangkok, Thailand, consider these questions…
What are the built-in inconveniences in your market?
How nimble is your company, measured by the flexibility to take advantage of opportunities that are less than optimal?
Who will carve out a niche in your market if you don't?
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An Interview with Joseph Ellis
Business leaders must increasingly hone their ability to anticipate how the future is unfolding. This interview with Joseph Ellis, formerly of Goldman Sachs, provides insight into how to train your mind to see
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Category by category, the question is not, “Are we vulnerable to disruption?” but “What will disrupt our business plan and who will be behind it?”
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Thomas Friedman speaks to a network associated with Claremont McKenna College on the thesis of a flat world. Dan Wooldridge records his impressions of the speech as well as some implications for professional and personal development.
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Dan Wooldridge writes a follow up to a previous post on Stephon Marbury's $14.98 basketball shoes designed to transform the “shoe culture”.
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Thomas Friedman reports a fascinating conversation with Democratic strategists James Carville and Stan Greenberg in The New York Times. Carville and Greenberg claim to have identified American voters’ emerging gut issue: Energy Independence.
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Is it strategic to serve the poor?
Dan Wooldridge suggests that contrary to conventional strategic wisdom to continually go up the value chain, strategies need to be developed that serves the poor.
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Who will be my next competitor?
Dan Wooldridge notes that rigid thinking about your business model may make you susceptible to competitors that you didn’t see coming. Current examples show how fierce competitors can come from surprising directions.
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Fox takes aim at evangelical Christians
Sam Nguyen remarks on the announcement of FoxFaith, Fox Filmed Entertainment’s new operation directed toward evangelical Christians.
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The Shelf Life of a Business Model
Dan Wooldridge discusses how newcomers to an industry can disrupt and destroy the incumbents. He shares data from a Gallup Survey authored by strategy guru, Gary Hamel.
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What Companies Around the World Are Doing to Make it in Today's Global Economy
Based on a 5 year study of over 500 international companies to discover how they compete, how they plan to grow, which practices are succeeding, which are failing.
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