This Mindset Shift Can Deliver Huge Results The Copernican Revolution took a major step forward in 1543 when Nicolaus Copernicus published his mathematical proof that the earth revolved around the sun, not the other way around. It took many years to be broadly accepted. Evidently, it’s quite normal for people to see themselves as the …
Becoming An Employer of Choice I don’t need to tell you that the competition for talent is intense. Many companies continue to turn away customers because they don’t have the people to meet the demand. This was brought home to me anew recently when I got a first-of-its-kind request for a proposal. Instead of helping …
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Does Your Innovation Strategy Pass the “3 Elements” Test? Formulating good strategy can be hard. One reason is because there’s a lot of confusion about what “good strategy” really is. Fortunately, Professor Richard P. Rumelt, Emeritus Professor, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management, and author of Good Strategy, Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why it …
How “Can-Am Off-Road Vehicles” Innovates Relentlessly Along with passion, drive, and trust, one of BRP’s values is “ingenuity to defy convention: we’re not afraid to see things differently. Constant curiosity makes us the first to uncover new solutions. We question. We innovate. We progress. Relentlessly.” Most companies would find it challenging to live up to …
How to Make the Competition Irrelevant Most leaders agree that obtaining competitive information is essential for developing an effective strategy. Gaining competitive intelligence is often viewed as similar to gaining military intelligence. The big difference is that in capitalism we are fighting to earn the business of customers. In war, there are no customers, and …
The First Step in Adapting to a Changed Market Given the forced shutdowns that most businesses are experiencing now due to the Coronavirus, it is essential that leaders adapt to make the most of the situation. That means understanding what parts of your business are essential and what parts can be changed or let go. To …
What 3 Clients Have in Common What do an online university, an off-road vehicle manufacturer, and a yearbook publisher have in common? For one, all of them were clients of ours in 2019. We are grateful for their trust and the “word of mouth” referrals that brought them to us. We have enjoyed the collaboration …
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