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Category Archives: Strategic Planning
Strategy and Risk Management Without Losing the War
When my sons were in their early teens, we would play the game of “Risk.” The game’s objective was for a player to dominate the world on the game board. Your armies consisted of infantry, Calvary, and artillery. (The fact that I really … Continue reading
The Art of the 21st Century Certified Public Accountant in Business
Twenty-five years ago worked in a CPA firm with a woman whose father directed orchestras for major films. She informed me about an orchestra director secrets like the isometrics he would perform to build up his arms, the focus of his eyes, and the … Continue reading
My High School Science Project and One Key Metric for Success
Back in the mid 1970s, I entered my invention, the mobile power pack, into my high school science fair. The goal of the pack was to provide a portable electrical plug outlet to plug in lamps, radios, or any low wattage … Continue reading
A Crash Diet is Great For Rock, but Not Sweden’s Future Strategy…Nor Yours
We have just added an exploding Swedish rock band, Crash Diet, to our illustrious line of clients (check out their Western Hemisphere tour). But a crash diet is not what the Swedish government should be implementing for in their future economy. Their economy … Continue reading
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Never a Better Time to Be Strategic, Even if You are Not a Strategist
Is this the dawning of the age of the strategist? Maybe we have a new song, here. Where is the 5th Dimension when you need them? Actually, it is according to an article in the McKinsey Quarterly by Birshan and … Continue reading
Artists’ Business Strategy: Give Them Something To Talk About
Sometimes the hardest part about struggling to reach your dream are the people around you. Dreama’s article, 5 Annoying Conversations Non-musicians will have with you talks about humorous questions insensitive people ask musicians who have not yet realized their dream. … Continue reading
Cyclical Fashions and the Strategy of Business: Don’t Keep Playing the Same Old Tune
My piano tuner told me he has a leads on two great pianos for sale. One was a Yamaha S series, the other a Steinway O Series. He has tuned them both for years, so he knows of their condition. … Continue reading
Business Solutions for Quality: Integrative Thinkers Don’t play The Game Differently, They Play on a Larger Field
I picked up the title from an article, Inventing Elephants article by Beth Robinson. The article was linked to the In2 Inthinking Network home page, a new way of approaching organizational problems introduced to me by Dr. William Bellows of … Continue reading
Balance Scorecard Obsolete? Say it Ain’t So, Joe?
Hardly a person is around when Shoeless Joe Jackson testified to a grand jury in 1920 about his infamous role in the Black Sox Scandal where eight White Sox players conspired to throw the World Series. The episode seemed like such … Continue reading
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A Strategy to Measuring Your Strategy
About eight years ago I road in the Wildflower 50 bicycle rally outside Atascadero, California. Now, at the time my wife entered us in the “race” of 50 miles, I had not ridden on a bicycle for years. In fact, … Continue reading