For most non-retail businesses Friday is the slowest day of the week. What do you do on Friday?

Many businesses go into a sort of "unwind" mode. A lot of people go home early and some businesses even close early on Friday.

And yet when asked about marketing, product ideas or business improvement, the most frequent comment I hear is, "we just don't have time."

Friday is the most under utilized day of the week.

No, you don't have ...
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There is a presidential debate tonight. This is an excellent opportunity to do some market research. You will notice that people will hear what they want to hear. Answers will be manipulated to fit what each person already believes and the perceived winner will be the one each person favored before the debate. THINK ABOUT HOW THIS APPLIES TO BUSINESS.

This is very valuable information and needs to be part of your strategy. When you sell, ...
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I am taking a very interesting class from Michael Roberto. This came up recently and I thought it worth posting here.

The take-away is to look closely at our thinking today to be as certain as possible that it is valid for, at least, tomorrow morning. Chris Reich


"USC Professor James O’Toole once identified the core assumptions of the management team at General Motors in the 1970s, when they were on top of the ...
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I follow a well-known physics professor who will, from time to time post a "contest" for people to solve physics problems. The problems are not too difficult but are often counter intuitive. That means the answer goes against our feelings or intuition.

It is interesting to me how many people are quick to post because they 'feel' they have the right answer. Those quick answers are usually wrong.

I confess, I'm not great with math. I ...
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This issue seems blown out of proportion. I see numerous sites and friends citing Google or Wikipedia as their guide to the decision to oppose this legislation. Hey, if dear Google is against it, I should be too, right?

In my younger days, when a big corporation opposed something, 'we' questioned the motive. Why would anyone oppose such great innovations as DDT or genetically modified seed? DDT kills pests. Genetically ...
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