Collaboration or Confusion?
One of the hallmarks of high performing teams is collaboration. Conflict and drama make great stories but great collaboration leads to enduring successes.
Balance: Three-Legged Stools and Such
Business is about balance. Like a three legged stool, we balance marketing (I include sales in with marketing) with operations and with finance.
Sacred Cows
Figurative ‘sacred cows’ are paradigms held in such high esteem that no one in a company will ever question them despite an overwhelming amount of evidence that they are no longer working or may have never worked.
McDonald’s: Up or Down?
McDonald’s is pulling out all the stops in an effort to revive the company. Changing the menu, pulling the CEO, developing a new branding strategy, enhancing digital marketing, and of course, the obligatory corporate restructuring.
Raining Money
Raining money sounds too good to be true. It’s either a magic trick or a prank.