Almost every company I see where the CEO is too busy suffers from at least one of 3 key criteria not being in place. Missing any of them means that the CEO gets involved in too many decisions, often at FAR too micro a level. (For involved, read “making the decision” or, more commonly, “overturning […]
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You think you’ve survived …
A number of businesses I meet are dying slowly. Often without knowing it. And it’s just like the sunny spell we’re enjoying in the UK. I know. It’s the summer. Sun’s out. And here I am talking about business death, and relating it to the sunshine. Here’s why. There was a fascinating article recently in […]
“Who knew that coffee grinds sticking to Teflon would be a thing?” George May, MD of bio-bean
How challenging has it been to get your company going? I think getting a new product to market has to be one of the more challenging businesses to get going. But what if… Your product is a new formulation and needs independent scientific validation for your customers to buy it? Or you need to experiment […]
Self help and save the planet snakeoil
Watching the promises made at COP26 fritter away brings to mind the similarities between it and most company strategy awaydays and self-help retreats. One of the things that most of the multi-$Bn self-help industry knows is that it’s easier to sell a dream than the hard work to do it. And that people can come […]
Marketing has fuelled ill in the world. It can do better.
Marketing has been responsible for sooo many of the ills we’re suffering in today’s world. Overconsumption is the biggie. Encapsulated in the perceptive statement that “we buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like”. Personally, I think in many ways, marketing just amplifies what already exists in […]