Helping leaders unravel complex business problems
Many years ago, I met a very different person. She and I had met via LinkedIn and she was soon moving to Chicago. When she arrived, we met and we found common ground: we were both new consultants. But she was different. She dressed in black, every day. She wore heavy black mascara. Her hair [...]
Why are you reading this blog post? It doesn’t make sense that you are. However, your brain is curious. What shouldn’t I read? And who is Paul to tell me not to? Marketing differentiation often takes interesting turns. One of my favorite differentiation strategies is “anti-marketing”, best exemplified by a billboard I saw on recent [...]
Change is a funny thing. Many leaders want it, but the timing to implement it not always right. Lyrics from classic song “Turn! Turn! Turn!” by The Byrds explained it well: “To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time for every purpose under Heaven” When it comes to [...]
“How could we have known?” asked a friend of mine, who is now embroiled in a truly nasty and complex business situation. “I had a gut feeling back in December that something was wrong, but what could I have done then…say I felt something wasn’t right and stopped the deal? I doubt others would have [...]
As I was preparing for taxes this past week, I had to go through all sorts of files and stumbled across one completely unrelated to finances: my “great ideas” file. When I read something that strikes a chord inside of me, I’ll rip out the page where I found the idea and file it away [...]
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