Apr 3, 2017 | Governance, Leadership, Management, Strategy
My clients are mostly small and medium sized manufacturing businesses. They usually come to me when they are in a spot of bother, as word does get around. Over a period of over 20 years of working with these businesses, a process has evolved. It is repeatable...
Nov 10, 2016 | Governance, Leadership, Management
Most of my time is devoted to improving SME manufacturing businesses. I do it for a living, mine and theirs, and I have an ulterior motive. I want my grandchildren to have a better life than me, and while I have had a great life, the pace of improvement has faltered...
Jul 25, 2016 | Change, Governance, Leadership, Strategy
In principal, business is simple, sell something for more than it costs you too produce it. After that it gets more complicated, but is always tangled up with the word “Value” It is a word with many meanings to different people in different contexts. How...
Jul 4, 2016 | Change, Innovation, Marketing, Small business
In Australia, only around 5% of new businesses survive past the 5 year mark, and make money in excess of the cost of capital. Scary, because most of them had a business plan, certainly if they ever borrowed any money from a bank, they had one that probably doubled as...
May 11, 2016 | Branding, Governance, Leadership, retail, Small business
Business models are being disrupted all over the place. The new centre of business models has become the customer, and the way they perceive and receive value. It was supposed to be this way in the pre-digital days, but really was not, because the sellers held all...
