Tag Archives: Innovation

So, What Are Your New Year’s Resolutions?

No, we don’t mean lose 10 pounds. We mean, for you business owners and CEOs/Presidents out there, what are you going to resolve to do this year, and it doesn’t all have to do with more sales. Here are some … Continue reading

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What’re You Going to Do in 2017?

OK, forget the disasters of the Obama years, other than the fact that we suspect he’s going to be an annoying presence on the US and global stage for some years to come. Worse than Jimmy Carter. But on to … Continue reading

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What Carrier Really Means

OK, the Donald went to bat for the Carrier workers, and good for all. We can probably expect more of this as managements rebalance balance all of their stakeholder interests. We had sent a tersely worded text to our buddies … Continue reading

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Memo to Chrysler: Better Benchmark the Chyrsler 200

I recently had a Chrysler 200 for about a week while my Lincoln was being repaired (a LOL ran into the driver side door), and here are some thoughts ( I have some expertise in the field, having been a … Continue reading

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Why Hiring People Who Annoy You Helps You Innovate

Douglas Merrill, writing in fastcompany.com, wrote this interesting blogpost on 9/7/12. As a former annoyance at Ford for 10 years who definitely created some innovations (Ford made about 10x my cumulative salary off me), I just had to comment. I … Continue reading

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Why Brainstorming Doesn’t Always Work

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8 Key Elements Make Your Business Transformative

8 ideas to embrace to start and keep your business on the cutting edge Continue reading

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Doing a New Marketing Program

Last week, one of my former Solutions Forum members came back to talk to one of my groups about how his marketing program for his Law Tigers (maybe you’ve seen his ads) in the years since we reviewed and validated … Continue reading

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