Model excellence if you want the shortest path from A to B, by adopting the traits that create high performing companies. Here are the key traits from a number of sources, Harvard Business Review, Forbes and Accenture, integrated and condensed down into one hard hitting list, to be brain food for business leaders. The key … Continue reading
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Gangnam Style 1 billion youtube views was no accident
At its peak, Guinness Book of Records declared the Psy’s Gangnam Style had received the most likes ever on a YouTube video. Gangnam Style hit one billion views on 21 December, 2012. The Youtube count at the time of writing January 13, 2013, is 1,173,693,451. When we think of Gangnam style, we think of this amazing, … Continue reading
Creating trust through employee and stakeholder social media
Angela Ahrendts, the CEO of Burberry, thinks that the language of business is no longer English, she believes the language of business is social. She goes on to say that until we “feel felt” by each other, we will not be in a trusting relationship. Right on Angela! Social language is the way to feel felt … Continue reading
Etsy, community marketplaces and the value of scarcity
Etsy – the spoof video In today’s mass commodity market, many things, many cheap things, look the same. Consumer preference is moving away from a manufacturing economy towards one that is based on a community marketplace, like the shift from mass market brands on the supermarket shelf to farmers markets. In the community driven marketplace, … Continue reading
Using social media and events to drive business development
It is interesting talking to the new era of business developers in my professional network about the cunning and at times brilliant ways that social media, both personal and business, drive business opportunity. Only this week I heard a business development executive lament the “old world thinking” of her employer, who still sees business development … Continue reading
Get your brand in front of the market or be run over
Unless we create a culture of innovation, our business will be left behind. This requires the knowing of what to do and the ability to do it. Easy to say, not easy to do, in fact 70% of corporate initiatives fail to be initiated. (or so says Michael Jarrett, a Professor of Organisational Behaviour at … Continue reading
The growth strategy and the pain of change
Do you know what your customers want, but feel it is too far out of your business comfort zone to give it to them? Doing something new often involves standing in the pain of change…. it involves being vulnerable, letting go of the comfort of the status quo, and experiencing the risk of doing it … Continue reading
Picking a strategic segment for your launch
In today’s market of radical innovation, a brand is under constant challenge to relaunch itself to the marketplace and existing customers. With that in mind, it is important to know how to launch innovation and start ups in the market place, without exhausting your resources. Going out to the wider market can be an expensive … Continue reading
How the brand becomes the connection between two individuals
Relationships between individuals in business, have both a business promise and a brand promise. The business promise focuses on the tangible exchange of value, while the brand promise is a far more subtle, and often an unconscious need. It is important that the brand and business promise between yourself and an individual reflect the greater … Continue reading
Your frontline as co creators of the brand- see how it has made Lululemon the darling of analysts
They stand at the moment of truth, listening to and managing the customer, day in and day out. They often understand intimately the pedals and breaks to a customer sale or a great customer experience. Their buy in to the brand is critical for its successful execution. All this and still, many businesses fail to … Continue reading
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