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Properly managing a company’s shift from the old to the new can markedly improve business success. Online shopping (the new) has been growing and more and more physical stores (the old) are closing. While this unfolds, however, additional benefits of bricks and mortar locations continue to emerge. Based upon my 25+ years researching business success and failure patterns, companies that do a good job integrating Continue reading “As Other Retailers Close More Stores, Kohl’s Values Keeping Them Open, Integrating Old with New” »

Today’s times are characterized by uncertainty and rapid change. Businesses face uncertainty about how their markets might change, which key players will dominate the newly emerging business landscape, which ones will make “Winning Moves” and which ones will stagnate or decline.

Consequently, many business have encountered Continue reading “Changing Times Bring Tremendous Opportunity, but also Potential Peril” »

Several companies have shed business units striving to become more focused. In fact, roughly a year to two years ago, news of yet another corporate spinoff was quite common. But, as I told U.S. News & World Report a little over a year ago when they quoted me in an article about corporate spinoffs, merely increasing focus is not enough.

A recent example is Continue reading “A Recent Example of How Greater Focus Is Not Enough” »

Innovation has been portrayed as the savior that can revitalize the economy. But, we are starting to see a shift in perspective about how much companies should change. There is now a bit more recognition that the dark side of overdoing change should not be ignored.

This shift in thinking is Continue reading “A Shift in Perspective Regarding How Companies Change” »

The potential weaknesses of survey research methodology were blatantly highlighted when the polls did not correctly identify the winner of the presidential election. And, my last newsletter discusses what businesses can learn from the failure of the polls. My newsletter pointed out that the key lesson for business is not to Continue reading “Recent Indication that Polls Still Have Value” »