Posts made in June, 2010
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Obsessive fan or polarised hater, filling in the blank to ‘There’s only one ____ at World Cup 2010’, will invoke a response. Be it the obvious, team, player, manager, flag, trumpet or along the lines of, place, attitude, way to find out, way to go or problem; whatever the choice tribalism stirs people up. The evocation of sport, and its players, especially in terms of National and...
Read MoreA Series: Outside the Box – Those That Draw Beyond Confines No.21 – The Wine Seller
Raise Your Glasses to Niche Markets There is a zeitgeist for business; to be successful, adapt to evolve. Whether Owner or Caretaker, and irrespective of size, sector or economic conditions, it’s an attitude that marks the business spirit for success. All sectors of industry have witnessed demise over the last couple of years and, amongst the business maxims, phrases such as ‘glass half-full...
Read MoreSuits You: Structuring a Business
Outside the Box is both a Marmite phrase and a Series we run about businesses, and people, as a direct response to people we’ve encountered. Often not knowingly, they’ve illustrated an attitude of creative thinking that enables their business an unconventional distinction or infectious energy; lateral thinkers we like a lot. With Value as a faculty component, three factors which enable...
Read MoreBusinesses Keep On Delivering
‘Pile it high and sell it cheap’ is the well known model for Tesco founder Cohen and, when the market changed, they changed their model, and kept on changing. Further changes, arguably in response to consumer demand after Sir Terry Leahy arrived, continued. Such consumer demand is responsible for a fascinating article by Leo Hackman, author of `A Life Stripped Bare ‘ It...
Read MoreCatering for Conversation
Musicians, writers, scientists, artists from every field, and historical figures, were among the famous and not-so-famous; language wasn’t to be a barrier and fictional characters even entered the discussion after a recent `#Watercoolermoment‘ with Enterprise Nation (e_nation) which had us thinking about our fantasy guests at a dinner party. Thus the debate began, and ran with...
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