Instantly Successful
It’s remarkable how many products and services we take for granted were once thought to be risky innovations. Perhaps the one that is the most ubiquitous, and yet most taken for granted, is the supermarket. Today’s supermarkets were preceded by multiple small shops that required shopper visit multiple establishments to for meat, produce, baked goods […]
Too Many or Not Enough?
Peter Drucker once defined demographics as the “the future that has already happened.” (e.g., the number of adults 21 years from now is already determined). Dr. Scott Galloway takes on the population debate in a recent “No Mercy, No Malice” blog post. For many years, we were warned about “the population bomb”. Dr. Galloway thinks that the projected decline in […]
Best Blogs
I resource material for your “edification, enlightenment, and enjoyment” from many sources. I will continue to provide specific recommendations as above for the content I think is worthwhile. But if you don’t find anything to your liking above, check out this list of the best (in my opinion) blogs, websites etc. for the C-Level Executive. I will feature […]
For Our Friends Outside the C-Level Family
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Econ Recon
Soft Landing?: I’ll cut to the chase. Economist Brian Wesbury writes in a recent blog post: “Our forecast for real GDP growth this year is -0.5%, with inflation remaining above 4%. In other words, a recession with higher inflation – stagflation. That’s what we expect…and it’s not a soft landing.” If you’d like to know why, click here. Also, […]
Upcoming CEO Climb Event on Friday, Jan 27:
“Judgment and Decision-Making Traps for Leaders” With Vistage Speaker Krishna Pendyala It’s said that “good judgment comes from experience and experience is the result of bad judgement. “ Vistage Speaker Krishna Pendyala will offer a 90 minute virtual workshop “Judgement and Decision Making Traps for Leaders” on Friday, January 27 at 8:00 a.m. PST to help you […]
A Chat About “Chat” (ChatGPT, that is)
“A watershed moment” is how several panelists on a BBC segment characterized the latest technology in the Artificial Intelligence(AI) arena: ChatGPT. Basically, it answers questions based on written prompts and is able to provide essays, poems, and even computer-generated code. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer follow up questions, admit its mistakes, challenge […]
Are These Trends Your Friends?
There’s an old saying in the stock market that “The trend is your friend, (and the other half of this aphorism is often missed or omitted)…….until the end when it bends.” As important as understanding when any trend “bends” is comprehending what the trend itself means for you and your business. Towards the end of […]
Cheating at SWOT
One of the oldest tools in the strategic planning tool kit is the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis. It’s ubiquity in planning meetings for decades attests to its usefulness. As useful as it is, there are so many items that might fall into any SWOT category that we might forget, overlook or not even […]
Best Blogs
I resource material for your “edification, enlightenment, and enjoyment” from many sources. I will continue to provide specific recommendations as above for the content I think is worthwhile. But if you don’t find anything to your liking above, check out this list of the best (in my opinion) blogs, websites etc. for the C-Level Executive. I […]
