(Time to read this article is about 1 minute) A few years ago, walking through a shopping mall in Calgary, Alberta, I came across a beautiful flower shop. Displayed outside the doorway, in the mall aisle, were mixed bunches of fresh flowers, nicely wrapped and ready to go. A great idea to make that ‘impulse […]
(Time to read this Blog section is about 60 seconds) Addicted to screens: A recent US survey reveals that teenagers now spend an average of 7 hours a day looking at screens on phones, laptops, desktops and tablets. That’s 42 minutes a day more than the last survey in 2015. Another survey shows that […]
Paying your staff a ‘bonus’ to coincide with the birth of a baby 2000+ years ago makes absolutely no sense at all. There…I said it! Jesus wasn’t even born on December 25th. Most scholars agree that he was born some time around March 21st. The Church cleverly chose December 25th to celebrate in order to […]
(Time to read this article is about 90 seconds) Note: When I first wrote this article a few years ago, we had such a wonderful response that it has become a December Newsletter tradition. Enjoy it for the first time…or enjoy it again. It’s a wonderful and important message for this, or any, time of […]
(Time to read this important Blog article is about 3 minutes) As you focus on how to make 2020 your best year ever, there will be some things that need ‘fixing’ in your business. In working with business in over 40 industries throughout the world, I’ve discovered that there are 4 clear steps to fixing […]
(Time to read this Blog article is about 60 seconds) Why does your business exist? What is its purpose and whose interests does it serve? In 1970, the respected American economist, Milton Friedman, stated, “The one and only social responsibility of business is to engage in activities designed to increase its profits.” In 1997, the […]
(Time to read this Blog is about 2 minutes) Breakthrough thinking: Whatever you sell, people come to you for that, plus JOY. Groceries…plus joy! New car…plus joy! Investment advice…plus joy! And, at a time when you have way too many competitors selling about the same thing as you, at about the same price, as goofy […]
(Time to read this Blog section is about 60 seconds) Once again, women are smarter than men: In Indonesia, 76% of men smoke …the highest rate in the world. But only 3% of Indonesian women do. Spooky pets are big biz: Dressing up pets for Halloween in North America is estimated to be a $530 […]
(Time to read this Blog article is about 2 minutes) The Challenge: Whatever product or service you sell, wherever you sell it, your market is over-served and under-differentiated. There are too many other people selling what you’re selling and most of you look, sound and charge about the same. On top of that, new competitors […]
(Time to read this important Blog article is about 3 minutes) Every industry, including yours, is being disrupted by technology, by innovative new competitors, by global economics and, sometimes, by fundamental changes in societal values. Either you will be the disruptor in your market and your industry, or you will eventually be put out of […]
