Performance
Getting Creative on Complex Problems
August 25, 2011 | The Bull 4
For every problem there is a solution. Sometimes the solutions are easy; sometimes not. However you decide to solve a problem make sure that you only have to solve it once. There is nothing worse than a problem that repeats itself every week. …
What is Your Index for Measuring Performance?
March 17, 2011 | Mick Calder 3
I recently heard of a private hospital CEO who had (what may be considered by some) an old-school technique for estimating his company’s profit performance. It went a little like this – each Monday morning he would visit the cafeteria and…
Do you understand your talent?
February 1, 2010 | White SpacesThe world under values you. It certainly under values your skills and the expertise you bring to your business. In most cases, your strongest assets are yet to be noticed by your boss. If that’s the case, it may be your fault.
A senior member…
GEAR FOR LIFE: The New Mustang.
November 4, 2009 | White SpacesDesigned for the NHRA/Super Stock circuit, Ford’s2010 Cobra Jet Mustang features a new launch control/rev limiter; limited to 50 vehicles, the factory-built racer will be available 1Q 2010.
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PRE-ORDER: THE VISUAL MISCELLANEUM
October 29, 2009 | White SpacesClose to one of our favourite websites in the world, Information is Beautiful is taking orders in advance for their new book, the Visual Miscellaneum, due out in the US 10th November. And in the UK on the 4th February. For the cats in Australia,…
FROM THE BULL
October 14, 2009 | The Bull 2PLEASE SPEAK ENGLISH – I DON’T UNDERSTAND YOU!
“We need to do some out of the box thinking from the get-go with sufficient granularity in the drill-down phase to ensure our value-added strategy is consistent with our core values …
Chasing Cars.
September 16, 2009 | Ben RennieMy daughter has recently developed a fascination for spotting things when we are in the car. An example. “Dad, see if you can find a green car”. Or the even harder version of see how “many” green cars you can find.
My …
Ask yourself the tough questions.
September 14, 2009 | White SpacesAre you asking the hard questions? Have you overlooked a simple important factor of making a business successful.
The sound of a dripping tap. You know the one, late at night when all is quiet. Drip. Drip. Drip. It is an annoying isn’t…
Wasting time
August 25, 2009 | White SpacesFirst rule of decision making: More time does not create better decisions.
In fact, it usually decreases the quality of the decision.
More information may help. More time without more information just creates anxiety, not insight.
Deciding…Read More
Red Bull marketing
August 19, 2009 | Ben RennieWhen we think about the brand Red Bull, we think of more than just product. The brand is a great success story with strong ties to community, events and youth relevance and widely regarded as one of the best youth marketers in the world today.Here…
Reactive bites.
August 13, 2009 | White SpacesHow do you turn up to interviews? Sales meetings? Board meetings?
Do you sit where you think you are expected to sit? Does your conversation follow a call sheet? Do you wear exactly what you are supposed to wear and answer questions safely? This…
FROM THE BULL: Boss your boss
August 12, 2009 | The Bull“Boss your boss just as soon as you can; try it on early. There is nothing he will like so well if he is the right kind of boss. If he is not, then he is not the man for you to remain with – leave him whenever you can, even at a present sacrifice, and …
FROM MAX: War games.
August 5, 2009 | White SpacesIn a recent workshop, we were struggling to convince a number of stakeholders to make some relatively tough yet really obvious decisions. It seemed simple enough, we had clearly articulated the current position, the strategy and the financial…
Why are you here?
August 4, 2009 | White SpacesFor want of a better word, we had a breakthrough last week with a client (Steve Webb… he wanted a mention) who was having trouble with team motivation. Three weeks ago, I asked Steve to have his team before every meeting make a simple statement.…
FROM THE BULL: Getting interesting
August 3, 2009 | The BullLet’s face it most companies are dead boring and they are certainly not curious.
Because they are boring and not curious, their products and services (and probably people) are, by extension, boring and their customers know it. They don’t…
Not for discussion.
July 29, 2009 | White SpacesWorking for a large corporate it amazed me how often I heard the words “that’s not for discussion”. Generally followed by the comment “we should have”.
I recently counted a sales director use the words “we…
Runnin Fools
July 24, 2009 | White SpacesA few weeks ago we talk about guy #3. How their is something special about the 1st guy & 2nd guy. However it is generally guy #3 who makes it a movement. In saying that, someone has to start. Someone has to decide to take the lead. We all know their…
Moving parts.
July 17, 2009 | White Spaces[book id='' /]I woke up on Monday morning and to my amazement the Poms had managed to hold off an Australian victory in the 1st test match. I was sure by the time I went to bed the the Australians had the match won. Of course I shouldn’t have …
Creating more than we capture
July 10, 2009 | Ben RennieIts tiring reading the paper and hearing about the world in crises. Lets do something to change the mood. I was asked on Monday how I manage to squeeze so much into such little time. It came as a surprise to me as I feel the need to continue to do more…
Teams… Do they really work?
June 23, 2009 | Ben Rennie- Teamwork.
Working in teams has certainly been around a lot longer than me. I am for the record a huge believer in “team work”, just not necessarily, “teams” for the sake of creating them. Sure a team can foster creativity,…
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