Category Archives: Strategy and the Big Picture

What I’m going to describe to you is a principle of business strategy, planning and management that will help your organization for many years to come.  It’s not a tool that you can implement today and see the effect tomorrow.  … Continue reading →

“Dear Stan, Our organization, like many others, is experiencing very difficult economic challenges.  So far we’ve been able to not let anyone go, but money is tight and we’re all trying to do more with a lower budget.  We don’t … Continue reading →

And I mean that in the best possible way.

Why is it that the word “consumption” has been inextricably bound to the adjective “conspicuous”, and the phrase has come to mean a condemnation of our consumer-based economy?