The “on-demand economy”, the “sharing economy” or Uberization. The fact that we have these terms for describing a phenomena that didn’t exist a few years ago makes this is real and growing occurrence powered by the ubiquity of the web and the growing prevalence of smart phones. Just yesterday, I used office space for 90…
We all have example of initiatives or new revenue ideas that we believed in that just didn’t work out. As a former Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager, I’ve had my fair share. While some ideas probably never should have seen the light of day, many others are probably good ideas that failed due to…
Recently Barron’s had a front page story “Job? No Thanks” in its September 1st, 2014 issue. Quoting from the issue “The job market has made a comeback over the past year, but the American labor force hasn’t, and the prospects don’t look good. Work seems to be on the wane in the US….”. The unemployment…
As a long term strategy professional, both as a management consultant and as a Chief Strategy Officer in industry I have a vested interest in understanding the evolution of strategy and how corporations engage strategy professionals. Company needs evolve, market conditions impacting businesses change and required expertise changes. As needs evolve should companies bring in…
The recent demise of Target’s foray into Canada brings home the risks of global expansion, even into a market that is so close to home and seemingly so similar to the US. Target is just the latest in a long list of companies that have aggressively moved into international markets, lured by the promise of…
