Category Archives: Strategy and the Big Picture
Globalization, that nasty word
Globalization is a term that has come to mean negative things, for some reason. I’m not exactly sure when it started, but sometime in the last ten years or so, a concept that used to be viewed as beneficial somehow … Continue reading
The mind of the market
I was in business as an employee for fifteen years before I began to be a student of it. It started when I went into business for myself. That was twenty three years ago. It’s amazing how interesting even the … Continue reading
We have met the enemy and he is us
How many times will this simple observation be a revelation? Uttered humbly and powerfully in 1971 by one of the most influential leaders of our time—the cartoon strip character Pogo—this statement has never been truer than it is today. If … Continue reading
“Free” shouldn’t be
Sitting around the massive ash conference table were over thirty people who represented, and I am not exaggerating, a millennium of experience and knowledge. At least a thousand years of practical, priceless information. Free for the asking. The instant question … Continue reading