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The New Economic Revolution

Strategy Driven

From internet commerce technology has sprung forth the Bottom-Up Economic Revolution. Entrepreneurs who effectively integrate platforms possessing these qualities into their businesses will gain a significant advantage over their competitors. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Making of a Classic: Houston Legends. How Entrepreneurs and Business Made City Grow.

Strategy Driven

My sixth book is Houston Legends , a definitive history of a dynamic global capitol. It is the hub of the world’s energy industry, headquarters of medical innovation and entrepreneurial phenomena. Recurring themes include pioneer spirit, business innovation, community give-back, growth and vision.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 1 of 7

Strategy Driven

The last decade ushered in an economic meltdown and technological breakthroughs that have forever changed the business world as we knew it. Historic innovation often comes during times of historic difficulty, as these breakdowns create the demand for something new to emerge. Suppressing Innovation. Book value is not guaranteed.

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Breaking the Death Grip of Legacy Technologies

Harvard Business Review

Technologies like 3-D printing, robotics, advanced motion controls, and new methods for continuous manufacturing hold great potential for improving how companies design and build products to better serve customers. Why are older incumbent firms slow to adopt new technologies even when the economic or strategic benefits are clear?

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The Big Picture of Business – Yesterdayism… Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future

Strategy Driven

They embrace innovations, while keeping the best traditions. Change is innovative. Technology is but one tool of the trade. The Old Became the New Again… The original speed for phonograph records, as invented in 1888, was 78-RPM, which engineers determined to be the most ideal for sound quality. by Hank Moore.

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 2 of 4

Strategy Driven

Each blamed the other for losses in quality control. economy spent one trillion dollars fixing and treating the so-called Y2K Bug, which we now know was a manufactured “crisis” by technology consulting companies. Computer activity constitutes less than 1% of the technology picture. In 1999, the U.S. About the Author.

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The Big Picture of Business – Communications Reflect Your Strategy

Strategy Driven

Reminds customers that the company is detail-focused and quality-oriented… with an eye toward continually improving. The irony is that its principal corporate contributor (Eastman Kodak) fell by the wayside, a victim of changing technologies. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95

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