Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Quality is not something that managers assign others to achieve. Rather than assume all is wrong or right with an organization and take a defensive posture, management must view quality as essential to their economic survival or growth. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2014

The Miller heritage could not be lost, particularly because his founding products were innovative for their time. However, the full name didn’t have the same meaning as it once did, so we changed one word that encapsulates aspects of our culture, our operating philosophy, and our service to our customers: “Ingenuity.” About the Author.

Brand 58

Brand Marketing Engineering Competitive Advantage 58

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2015

The already inflated world of ‘reputation management’ websites lured people into buying advertising in order to create the facade of being a ‘consultant.’ Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17%).

Mentor 50

Mentor Consultative Strategic Planning Entrepreneur 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Managers constantly try to fit new market needs to existing processes and routines. The Future of Operations. The latter are troublesome because the knowledge base and skills required to operate in the new realm are so fundamentally different. More importantly, managers need to monitor the tool innovation roadmap.

Technology 8

Technology Depreciation Christensen Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Uber publicists presented the company as the epitome of innovation, styling critics as incumbent puppets stuck in the past. Despite flouting straightforward, widely applicable law in most jurisdictions, Uber usually managed to slow or stop enforcement, in due course changing the law to allow its approach. A Race to the Bottom.

Licensing 8

Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

They embrace innovations, while keeping the best traditions. Change is innovative. Innovated It… and Teach You Why. Innovative Then and Now… Still Creating. Apply thinking processes to be truly innovative. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

Planning 60

Planning Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 60

Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2014

Managers and employees with the most to lose are most fearful of change. The same fate had fallen the electronics industry, whose innovator (the Thomas Edison Electric Company) fell behind others in leading the trends and usage. Tie activities to customer outcomes (the tenet of Customer Focused Management).

Strategy 95

Strategy Budgeting Audience Risk Management 95

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. Current management of both companies were ill-advised on handling the crises. Don’t have sufficient management skills or resources to do something well. Book value is not guaranteed.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

MARCH 7, 2014

Professional innovation. I remarked to Sonny that I often quoted his song “The Beat Goes On” as analogous to change management, and he was pleased. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. These are the ingredients that make a legend: Significant business contributions.

Balanced Scorecard 71

Balanced Scorecard Budgeting Risk Management Learning-by-Doing 71

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 10, 2015

But for old-school bureaucracies, it’s a scary new world that requires managers to rethink the basic principles that govern established businesses. Who is in charge of rethinking your company’s entire business model and operations? Books typically valued from $14.95 - $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

Strategy 50

Strategy Succession Software Industry 50