Interested in learning about strategy? Got 12 minutes? If you do, be sure and listen to this interview with Michael Porter. He’s got a new article out called The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy. Very interesting stuff. I know a lot of my readers would say, "We’re not in competition," (and some would actually [...]
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No doubt you’ve heard the old saying that there’s fast service, high quality product, and inexpensive pricing…and you can pick any two. That’s a saying that’s been around for many years. In fact, I can almost imagine Joseph the carpenter using that line. According to Peter Sheahan’s Flip, those days are gone. It’s now fast, good, [...] Sunday afternoon. A little after 4:00 p.m. 56°F. We’re between storms #2 and #3. Listening to a little Long Road Out of Eden. Wasn’t sure at first. Wanted to form my own opinion, but it really is growing on me. Love the title song. There are several really good songs. Makes for a good sound [...] Was over at Church of the Customer this morning. One of the blogs I check out for marketing and customer related content. Had to laugh when I caught the line regarding a new iPhone: However, I do looker cooler using it, so I got that going for me, which is nice ; ) Nothing to do with [...] Couple months ago I noticed a reference that Tom Peters made to a book called Flip: How to Turn Everything You Know on Its Head–and Succeed Beyond Your Wildest Imaginings. He’d noticed a tagline on the cover: "Edward de Bono meets Tom Peters." Intriguing. Sounded good to me too, so I wrote the publisher and [...] Here’s Kinsey! She’s a cutie! Only in Southern California do you get the high-quality illustrations of how storms develop. We’ll see what happens (what really happens) over the next few days here in SoCal. It’s a little bit like life in South Florida during hurricane season. Long lines at the Home Depot buying prefab gutters. Long lines at the grocery [...] You may have already read the text of the commencement address that Steve Jobs gave at Stanford a couple years back. It’s now available as a video from Stanford on iTunes. You’ll see it on the top downloads. Just 15 minutes long, but a great way to start the year. |
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