6 ways SME’s can leverage a Corona induced Pareto
We all know the 80/20 rule, the Pareto principle, understand it, talk about it, then do nothing to implement it, for all the wrong reasons. The CEO created that brand as a product manager, the Chairman bought that company, or opened that factory when he...
Ask yourself the hardest question: Today!
A question I always ask my clients at some point in an improvement initiative is: "what would a VC firm do if they took over management today?" It always leads to deep and challenging conversations, that lead to a recognition of things happening, or indeed, not...
5 steps to resilience in the face of a crisis
All of the advice gratuitously sprayed around the web, and via the millions of video conversations going on, 'Resilience' is a very commonly used word. However, what is it we actually mean by 'resilience'? The oxford dictionary definition is: 'The capacity to...
How do you lead effectively in a crisis?
By definition, a crisis is something that has to be managed weekly, if not daily. There is no time for long winded discussions about strategy, competitive reviews, investments in technology transformations, the newest shiny idea someone has. While these are...
Hind-sighting the Corona-demic.
In 6 months time, when things have sorted themselves out, and we are moving into a post corona world, what will have changed? It is very hard to imagine, but discounting the potential for some sort of apocalypse, there will be a new normal at some point,...
How to get important things done: Today.
No business succeeds in the absence of a concentrated application of resources to the most important problems and opportunities they face. The Pareto principle, or the 80/20 rule. 80% of your profits come from 20% of your customers, so it is...
Never have we needed to understand the OODA loop more!
Observe, Orient, Decide, Act: The OODA loop for competitive advantage, or in current times, survival.
How to insulate your business from the inevitable recession
The inevitability of a bad deterioration in the economy is now absolute. No more fluffing around with nice, reassuring words, the consequences of this Corona pandemic will be an economic and social clusterf**k. So, in these circumstances, how do you insulate...
The silver in the corona cloud
As we hesitantly, with stumbles, come out of this lockdown, we will see the landscape has changed. For some, it will be a land of opportunity, for others, a wasteland. Rather than seeing it as a calamity, those who choose to see it as an opportunity, will be able to...
Five essentials for SME’s to survive the Corona chaos.
It is too easy for those not at the front lines of a crisis to brush aside the practical difficulties of day to day survival, in favour of the fluffier, albeit no less important longer term questions and issues. Currently there is a flurry of activity from political...