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Book Review: The Power Of Starting Something Stupid

Tim Milburn

It’s the new marketing machine of publishing. I was given a copy of Richie Norton’s book, The Power of Starting Something Stupid. I was intrigued by the title and the fact that Norton had written this book with his wife. You can find out more about Richie Norton by visiting his website: richienorton.com.

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Leaders Can’t Execute Strategy

Great Leadership By Dan

This has left a skills gap among today’s leaders that heavily contributes to the downfall of company attempts to execute their strategy, resulting in loss of market and shareholder value. Norton and their Palladium associates. I call this the “Strategy Execution Skills Gap”. What leaders require is the understanding and the tools.

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What Makes Six Disciplines for Excellence A Different Kind Of Business Book

Six Disciplines

” (Sam Decker, Decker Marketing). Skip Angel, Random Thoughts of a CTO). “This is a guidebook, with practical business advice, that if followed, will enhance your business and provide solutions to every day small business problems. ” (Gary Whitehair, High Performance Business). “But the book doesn't stop there!

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

It turned out that the unit was driving profits by raising prices and cutting marketing and advertising expenditures. Higher prices and reduced advertising created an opening for competitors to take away market share, which they did. So while profits were rising and ROIC was high, market share was declining.

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CEOs, Get to Know Your Rivals

Harvard Business Review

He claimed that based on this insight he could anticipate their market moves one or even two steps in advance. At the same time, we continued to invest in long-term product development and overseas markets, knowing it was unlikely he could follow us in the short term.”. expansion, out-maneuvering Adelson in the domestic market. “We

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How We’ll Really Feel if Robots Take Our Jobs

Harvard Business Review

This is evidenced, and perhaps brought on by, the number of news reports about hot new bots, a depressed job market still inching out of a global recession, and a much-discussed “skills gap” when it comes to STEM fields. “We were surprised by how consistent our results were,” reports Norton.

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On Undo's Undue Importance

Harvard Business Review

Its appearance marks a markets' phase transition from early adopters to mega-profits. Back in 1982 Norton Utilities launched its "Unerase" product. Undo matters, in other words, because its appearance almost always signals that a market has gone from fringe to mainstream, with profits set to follow. The feature?