In the CEO Afterlife

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Knowledge Is Power. Data Isn’t.

In the CEO Afterlife

Knowledge Theorem: Information + Knowledge = Better Decision-Making. . The “too much” concept applies to information, the first step on the stairway to power. Pass this point and information overload starts to work against you, reducing the power that you were working so hard to achieve in the first place.

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In Marketing, the “C” Word Cannot Exist

In the CEO Afterlife

The consumer packaged goods industry, at one time the mecca of marketers, has long given way to the goods and services of the exciting information age. Customer insight is the precursor to product innovation within the high tech and information age sectors. Marketing is the creator and curator of that disparity. Then they act upon it.

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The Genius behind Toblerone | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Everyone likes to hear a ‘tale out of school’ or a bit of ‘inside information’. The exuberant Brand Manager came back with plenty of information including a story that had been long-buried in the company archives in Neuchatel. The Genius behind Toblerone. by John • April 18, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 0 Comments.

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Why Leaders Believe that Tomorrow is a Better Place

In the CEO Afterlife

” Visionaries of the Information Age. The information age has spurred the rise of young entrepreneurs seeking seed money and angel investors for their business ideas. In a way, the Enterprise and the optimistic future in which it exists might be thought of as a reminder of what we can achieve if we try.”

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The Human Capital Advantage

In the CEO Afterlife

Until the information age, companies needed scads of people to run machines in plants and warehouses all over the country. The glue that binds leadership, strategy, and execution is people – quality individuals at the board level, in the C-suite, in the office, on the factory floor, and in the field. .

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The Anguish of Complexity: A Reflection

In the CEO Afterlife

In The CEO Afterlife became the conduit to carry these musings to leaders and managers caught in the tangled knots of complexity, uncertainty, and information overload. Do Less Better would never have been possible had I failed to keep pace with the pulse of the new economy of the information age. Complexity Cripples.

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Who is the 21st Century CEO?

In the CEO Afterlife

More recently, Google saw an idyllic future in organizing the world’s information and making it readily assessable to the masses. Those who get to the future first, are the ones who win. Apple has been adept at the vision game for a quarter of a century.

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