CEO Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2012

There is a great article in the Wall Street Journal on energy/creativity cycles and what time of day is best to do things. I even have a column on my time tracker sheets to log energy level. Cell calls are still a place where long distance costs are high. This is one of the things I suggest in time management.

Crisis 190

Crisis Energy Magazine Creativity 190

CEO Blog

JUNE 8, 2011

I see high upward cost pressure in emerging countries - partly because wages increase but partly driven by currency. I see increased energy costs so anything physical that needs shipping will be more expensive. Internet users then went to work and successfully reduced their cost to prospect to gold. 17 electric one.

Innovation 140

Innovation Offshoring Trends Outsourcing 140

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JANUARY 28, 2014

Then a war happened and all other advertisers pulled their ads and Turner convinced 800-flowers to stay (and I think ran extra ads at no extra cost). Like energy, the lowest hanging fruit (no pun intended) is conservation. He scraped together a small ad budget and places some ads. Business boomed.

Leadership 182

Leadership Advertising Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 182