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Growth & Strategy · 2006
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Brand confusion in the global world
One fascinating aspect of the new world in which we find ourselves is that some companies have found that globalization has meant some very unique "brand management" challenges…
Business models and complexity partners
With the lifespan of knowledge collapsing, furious rates of scientific advance, and rapid new discoveries, no one company can do everything. In this clip from a presentation to a…
Is your brand from the olden days?
"A brand today can go from hero to zero in a matter of months...." As the news media gears up for the release of the Sony Playstation 3, one wonders whether they are capturing an…
The impact of globalization
At the Swiss Innovation Forum in Zurich, I took a look at the real impact of globalization -- the new consumer, market commoditization, rapid emergence of new business models…
The new face of manufacturing : agility, insight and execution...
Yesterday I gave the opening keynote for the annual manufacturers meeting of the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association. Most of the folks in attendance were CEO's and senior…
What do you do after the world gets flat? Put a ripple in it!
"When we have this global competition where everyone is competing on price, the only way out of that hell is to up the value of your brand" -- Jim Carroll, Snowboard Trade…
Your customers are high-velocity? Are you?
Does your organization have the right stuff to deal with todays' information-empowered, globally collaborative, we-know-better-than-you-do customer? Maybe not. Imagine that you…
Can you run your business at video-game intensity?
Video game business intensity is coming to all industries. This provides some important food for thought -- can you run your business at the high degree of intensity that occurs…
10 Unique Characteristics of 21st Century Skills
There's been a lot of talk about the skills crisis lately. Most of it is focused on the wrong thing -- people seem most worried by the fact that a lot of baby boomers are set to…
Denmark TV interview -- Brand image in a low cost economy
Wow! Where did May go? I had keynotes for a huge number of different companies and associations, ranging from appraisers to broadcasters to motor vehicle dealers .... Somewhere…
Understanding 21st century capital .... and why Sony doesn't have it....
In light of some recent criticism of criticism I've made of media companies, I thought it best to roll this posting from last December forward. In the 20th century, financial…
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