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you'd be right Strategy can be considered the process of achieving your goals (like the vision of dinner) using available resources (what I have in the cupboard) and within constraints (guests arrive in a few hours). Of course, I could go and increase my available resources by buying more ingredients. So, while we all can and do think...
Read MoreThe accelerating pace of globalization, technological advancements, regulatory changes, and shifting consumer expectations is indeed contributing to a more intricate business environment; while businesses have always faced challenges and complexities, it is the rate of acceleration here that is crucial. And let's not forget that it's us humans...
Read MoreAs a life-long observer of human nature, I am fascinated by how we make decisions. And all too often, I see people (including business owners) making the same sorts of decisions in the same sorts of situations often counter to what they are trying to achieve - business success. And this despite years of experience and evolution in business...
Read MoreAnd while we can look at the legacy of human endeavour for many answers to today's questions, there is a much richer and older source of inspiration and ideas that could help us solve many of our more tactical and systemic challenges. And that is the natural world around us. Over millions or billions of years of evolution, living organisms...
Read MoreBut if we look with even greater curiosity - then something quite amazing comes into sight. An individual bird, when seen with bright light, suddenly displays a spectrum of colours including blues, greens, purples, and browns - and an array of bright dots. And that is only what we humans can see; bird-vision extends into the ultraviolet...
Read MoreYou don't build a business – you build people – and then people build the business. Zig Ziglar
Read MoreOne of the first things I ask of an audience when running my Strategic Thinking workshops is "raise your hand if you think you are a strategic thinker". I am always amazed at how few people raise their hands straight away - probably about a fifth if that, and then a few do the slight raising lowering thing which implies they think they maybe,...
Read MoreSmall and medium-sized businesses constitute the backbone of the North American economy. They make up a staggering 98% of all businesses and generate approximately 40% of total business revenue. Of those, around 60 to 70% are supplying other businesses (B2B) - as opposed to serving an end customer directly (B2C). Therefore, most businesses are...
Read MoreI spend a lot of time in coffee shops. I enjoy a good cup of coffee, fresh baking, ambiance, meeting people, and the opportunity to be somewhere different while trying to work. Many coffee shops meet my needs, but I don't particularly have one that I always go to, I am indifferent to their differences. That was until recently. I found a new...
Read Morecircular economy However, while many business owners and CEOs like the idea of doing good for the environment, and society, the reality is that the business has to be prosperous - and the more prosperous it is, then the more opportunity there is for undertaking further projects that contribute to the triple bottom line (PPP or
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