Harnessing the power of purpose
Vision. Focus. Mission. Drive. All words we often use to describe the qualities we associate with high performing companies or the people who lead them. But if I had to…
Vision. Focus. Mission. Drive. All words we often use to describe the qualities we associate with high performing companies or the people who lead them. But if I had to…
Nokia, Blackberry, and Yahoo. What do they have in common? They all dominated their markets and then, within a pretty short space of time, lost their top dog status. There is more to a…
The first thing to remember about disruption is that it's a two-way street. Either you are the disrupter, or you are being disrupted. This means I mean that if you aren't…
In the first part of this two-part article I dealt with some examples of keeping the customer informed and managing their expectations. There’s a common theme emerging in both those…
In focusing on customer experience, CX professionals can be guilty of forgetting that very often it's the basics of customer service that can make the difference between customer loyalty and…
Have you heard of Asheville? Not too many on the European side of the Atlantic have. It is a relatively small city of less than 90,000 people, nestling between the…
Thanks to a post on LinkedIn by Tom Goodwin I got a real taste of how innovation happens. In this case the taste is cream, chocolate and more than a…
As Carillion went into “apparent” liquidation at the beginning of this week, everyone assumed that Carillion was operating a completely broken business model and the company was a victim of…
The Carillion business model has always been flawed and the cracks in it have been there for all to see for quite a long time. The share price dropped after…
“Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.” Doesn’t it? It's 30 years since Michael Douglas uttered those famous words in…