Spot the Difference

July, 2009    O2N-006 Spot the Difference If I’m ever invited onto the Today programme and forced to come up with a sound bite about how to spot the difference between successful firms and failures, I think I’d have the answer: Beware...

Caged Companies

September, 2009    O2N-007 Caged Companies When was the last time you heard someone in your company or organisation talk about change? Changing strategies, changing business models, changing culture, changing attitudes. Modern management philosophy...

Culture Kaleidoscope

October, 2009    SMM-051 Culture Kaleidoscope Managing the myriad of perspectives within the marketing team is fraught with complications. It takes skill to manage cultural differences without too much conflict, but to do so is rewarded with better...

Inside the modern salesforce

October, 2009    O2N-008 Inside the modern salesforce Business to Business (B2B) sales operations is very different from business to consumer (B2C) selling. The traditional salesperson is fast becoming obsolete but, as with many things in...

Time to put away childish things

October, 2009    SFP-015 Time to put away childish things It is common to see experienced executives defending outmoded ideas with ferocious determination and irrationality. My research sheds some light on why otherwise intelligent people may...