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by: Design TranslatorFellow designer blogger KK has uncovered a great representation on the value of ideas in relation to a success of a business. Derek Sivers, in his post for O’Reilly, conceptualises...
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View ArticleNo One Really Cares About Your Great Idea
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View ArticleSpecialist or Generalist?
by: David ArmanoCM colleague Matthew Milan pointed me to this visual from Xplane's Dave Gray. It's a thought starter, that's for sure. The visual defines Generalists as being best at defining the...
View ArticleHow to Fix Your Selling Process in 192 Pages (not)
by: John CaddellA column in today's Wall Street Journal boils it down for us:"...[C]ompanies need to 'reinvent' the way they sell, to focus on their customers rather than product features."Stop me if...
View ArticleExecuting Your Strategy Is a Good Idea
by: John CaddellThe new book "Executing Your Strategy: How To Break It Down And Get It Done," by Mark Morgan, William Malek and Raymond Levitt, is an invaluable resource for leaders seeking to plot a...
View ArticleEveryone Has Ideas, How You Execute Them Is What Matters
by: Design TranslatorFellow designer blogger KK has uncovered a great representation on the value of ideas in relation to a success of a business. Derek Sivers, in his post for O’Reilly, conceptualises...
View ArticleBrands and Process Management
by: Sigurd RindeHugh, seems we have a parallel experience here!"The phrase I can't get out my head is "Cultural Transformation"!"So I ask myself - what's the difference between "brand management" and...
View ArticleBusiness - Only Three Requirements
by: Sigurd RindeBusiness is really not that complicated.But we like to complicate things.Sure if you have a gazillion SKUs, umpteen "markets" and 234,000 employees stuff can easily become muddled.But...
View Article(9/10) My Top 10 Tips for Implementing Social Media
continued from part one, this article will be published in 10 instalmentsnine: quantity and flow of informationThe collaborative web revolves around content. If you launch a collaborative website which...
View ArticleWhat Game Are We Playing?
(This is the second in a two-part blog exchange between Shawn Parr and me. Shawn is one of my favorite people and partners in crime, er, I mean client engagements. A recent client experience led us to...
View ArticleStrategy and Organizational Design
My recent piece, “Strategy IS Execution,” prompted quite a few reactions. In it, I wrote about how it no longer makes sense to separate the value of strategy from the value of execution because...
View ArticleNo One Really Cares About Your Great Idea
I stumbled over a great Q&A over at Quora. Someone asked about what to do with their great ideas and inventions so that they won’t get cheated. I’ve decided to reproduce the question here and the...
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