You agree with the general concept of having new products and services to offer your customers. After all, a company that relies on stale stuff is likely to fail. But how do you put together an effective R&D plan when budgets are limited? It sounds like something only the biggest companies overseas do. Most think …
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Planning for Profits vs. People vs. Purpose
Like most other business-people, you have almost given up on the task of combining short-term and long-term strategic planning. It’s not that you don’t believe in it at some level. You acknowledge there is value in thinking expansively and inspiring others with BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals). At the same time, things are changing too …
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Creating the Future
Have some people in your company become reaction-machines? In other words, do they run around all day responding to the latest crisis? Deep down, you know they are inefficient, but what can you do to shift to a culture in which the future is created rather than feared? There is a debate raging within C-suites …