Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 22, 2012

You can learn from Recreational Equipment Incorporated , better known as REI -- an outdoor gear and apparel co-op. As described in Amy Lyman's new book, The Trustworthy Leader , REI concisely articulates its core values in this series of statements: Authenticity -- We are true to the outdoors. So what makes it different at REI?

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Images: Alastair Staley Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email CMI’s new president Fiona Dawson CMgr CCMI on good and bad management; the leaders who inspired her; and helping managers navigate climate change Back in 1988, Fiona Dawson arrived at Mars for a graduate trainee role. She was 21.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 26, 2012

With forty years in the saddle, hundreds of dusty trails and a few fistfights along the way, I have an oasis of management insight in which to draw. For brands that are not first-in, conventional wisdom suggests creating a better product than the leader. However, the energy drink category is not about product differentiation.

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Thin Difference

APRIL 11, 2019

Holacracy is a way of structuring and running organizations that replaces the conventional management hierarchy. Instead of operating top-down, power is distributed throughout the organization, giving individuals and teams more freedom to self-manage, while staying aligned to the organization’s purpose. Key Elements of Holacracy.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 25, 2013

While most startups who set up pages on Kickstarter, Indiegogo or a host of other crowdfunding sites are looking to hit a specific goal and then get started making their project a reality, a new crop of businesses are using the platform for as a wholly different business model: selling their product before it exists.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

For example, last holiday season, Toys “R” Us carried some of the most in-demand products, including licensed goods from Frozen and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , but it still turned in a comparable store net sales decrease of 2.7% for the season. Competing on price also produces less of an advantage now.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Another approach is to focus on the story of each product, as happens in L’Occitane en Provence when customers encounter associates. Consider what I think is the best new retail format in ages: Eataly. Even Starbucks started out as a manufacturer before Howard Schultz turned it into an experience stager.) Recreational Equipment Inc.

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