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Knowledge Brief
What is it? A tool to ensure excellence in insights acquisition, translation and infusion/commercialization Defines the marketing problem/opportunity, list the hypothesis and/or specific questions to be addressed Sizes the opportunity, provides context for the investment/risk, prioritization Identifies standards of action Specifies methodology prior to fielding research Specifies Action Standards before the findings are presented Serves […]
Are you making it easy for shoppers to choose your brand? How?
Strategic Planning Resource
Often in facilitating a strategy session, members can become distracted trying to differentiate between objectives, strategies and tactics. Adhering to strict definitions gets in the way of generating strategic alternatives. The Ladder of Abstraction helps participants generate Goals, Objectives, Strategies and Tactics. I invite you to use this tool next time you are generating strategic […]
Ten Tips for Creating Transformational Innovation
Most executives agree that innovation is critical to creating and sustaining stock-holder value. Today many economists posit that innovation will be necessary to break through our current economic woes. Why then don’t we see more successful innovation? Why are there so few winners and so many wannabes? In my years working in and with organizations striving for innovation excellence, […]
In The Words of Robert Sutton: How Great Bosses Lead Innovation, by Robert Sutton
How Great Bosses Think About It And Do It 21 Ideas About Leading Innovation Published on June 10, 2010 by Robert I. Sutton in Work Matters My Stanford colleague Hayagreeva (Huggy) Rao and I have been leading an executive program at Stanford every November for the past four years that is called Customer-focused Innovation. In the mornings, we discuss the […]

In His Own Words: The Coming Jobs War: What every leader must know about the future of job creation, Jim Clifton,
In his recent book, The Coming Jobs War: What every leader must know about the future of job creation, Jim Clifton, chairman of Gallup claims that having a “Good Job” now usurps all other values worldwide. A good job is rated more important than traditional values of democracy, world peace, religious freedom, home ownership. (Also […]

Marketing to Mature Buyers
As people live longer the implications for retailers and manufacturers will be dramatic. Retailers catering to a maturing audience will want to read the recent report by A.T. Kearney’s . http://www.atkearney.com/index.php/Publications/what-do-mature-consumers-want.html
Must see: Sam Ritcher video
Sam Ritcher’s vedio is a must see for anyone in business intellegence, sales or conducting a carreer refresh.
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- Forbes Article on Strategic Leadership – Making it Last August 2, 2012
- Knowledge Brief July 18, 2012
- Are you making it easy for shoppers to choose your brand? How? July 13, 2012
- Strategic Planning Resource April 27, 2012
- Ten Tips for Creating Transformational Innovation March 7, 2012
- In The Words of Robert Sutton: How Great Bosses Lead Innovation, by Robert Sutton December 6, 2011
- In His Own Words: The Coming Jobs War: What every leader must know about the future of job creation, Jim Clifton, November 8, 2011
- Marketing to Mature Buyers October 3, 2011
- Strategic and Marketing Plan Facilitation August 4, 2011
- Must see: Sam Ritcher video August 3, 2011