Overview: Recession – Understanding the business and psychological impact This briefing provides the results of a web-based survey conducted on this site between February and May 2009 to determine the real costs and impact of the recession – especially from … Continue reading
In my last posting Davos 2009, Recession and Business Strategy: Quo Vadis? I included some straightforward questions to start the process of “stress testing” your business strategy. In this posting I would like to explore the issue of “Stress” from … Continue reading
Overview We are all deep into the annual planning process. But this time the challenges are different and therefore the questions that we should address must change. An era of uninterrupted economic growth has come to an abrupt halt. The … Continue reading
In past entries I have argued the point that recession is a time to crank up innovation – not to cut investment in it. In my last blog entry I referred to the “Aldi Effect” – in a recession customers … Continue reading
In earlier blogs I have argued that in a recession one must not “shoot the usual suspects”. By “shooting the usual suspects” I mean across the board cost cutting in areas such as sales, marketing and new product development. My … Continue reading