Tag: strategy
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The Tyranny of Convenience
Convenience makes things easy… but what is easy is not always whats most important, valuable or effective. We choose between the options we see, not all the options… we’ve got to be increasingly careful that we don’t choose the path that is just easiest to see. Convenience food… is not health food. Tech companies work…
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What do excellent CEOs do? (according to McKinsey research)
A company has only one ultimate decision maker: the CEO. The CEO is the only person in a company without peers. No other individual holds such a full and final responsibility for the company. The CEO is the most powerful and sought-after title in business, more influential than any other. The CEO takes the company’s…
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The 10 types of Business Innovation
A friend shared with me a wonderful resource on business innovation over on the Visual Capitalist website. I’ve share links to the original source at the bottom of this post, and a number of other valuable resources that can help with business innovation. I remember a lesson from my MBA. “…to remain profitable in the…
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I know what I want to do, so why don’t I do it?
These are my notes from reading the short article Strategy and the Fat Smoker by David Maister. As we come up to the season of new year’s resolutions, I took some time to reflect on what it takes to make change happen in our lives, and in our businesses. David Maister is a former Harvard…
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Developing a Vision Statement, step 1
What is your Vision for your Life? Nobody else has a big plan for your life. They have their plans. This post addresses the question: how do I start creating a vision for my life? Nobody is coming to save you… no one is going to write this vision for you. The 2 Ingredients of…
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Preparing for the Future (not Reacting to the Past)
Last night I drove home from the Costa Brava. This is a 90 minute drive. I spent 89 minutes looking at the road ahead and about 1 minute using the mirrors to see what was behind me, and what was in the lanes next to me. Driving while looking mostly in the rear view mirror…
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What makes a Great Vistage Speaker? Michael Canic shares experiences from over 450 speaker sessions
This video is for Vistage Speakers, and is a briefing video about what to expect as a Vistage speaker. About Michael Canic “Professionally, I love working with committed people and making a difference. When I get to see the before-and-after it’s tremendously rewarding.” Michael Canic Michael Canic is a business strategy consultant and regular Vistage…
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Some Reflections On Good Strategy
What is Good Strategy? These points come from my notes from listening to a lecture by Prof. Pat Gibbon of UCD Smurfit Business School in Dublin during the Executive Edge day in May 2014. Good strategy begins with a clear diagnosis (widely accepted) of the real current condition of the business. If there is nothing…