Download a pdf version Seeing the dots March and the first days of April have seen momentous events ranging from the Cyprus crisis to threats of nuclear war. This briefing argues that we should take time out to review these and other events to see if they are providing us […]
Download a full version here Overview Many established brands are failing – unable to cope with the wave of creative destruction that follows a deep recession. Here are 10 actions that leaders need to take. The Evidence I don’t know about you, but my local High Street is full of […]
It’s only just beginning. By that I mean how society will change after the Great Recession. The economic decline that was the recession was merely a catalytic event. Within the debris generated by the economic upheaval lie the leading indicators that can tell us what society at the end of […]
An interesting article appeared in today’s Financial Times[1] noting the failure of recently released 3D films – which may have implications for the take up of the next wave of consumer-focused innovation – 3D TV. Here in the double-dip threatened UK, 3DTV will follow hard on the heals of full […]
John Kay (Beware the cult of the heroic chief executive FT, June 9) provides us with an excellent summary of the failings of the dominant, heroic leader. My research, conducted after the 1990s recession, shows that a special type of leadership is required if organisations are going to successfully pick […]
Many businesses face the prospect of a “perfect storm”. For those in the insurance industry, this is a combination of catastrophe losses followed by the challenges of a “W” shaped recession that could bring social upheaval and political change in many countries that we have historically considered as “stable entities”. […]
An unusual title, but to find out how your customers’ needs are changing you need to go out and experiment. Not just experiments around new offerings, new supporting services and new markets, but new ways of inter-acting with customers and potential customers too. Reporting back on the learning from this […]
Unlikely bedfellows you may think, but two articles from the Institute of Fiscal Studies[1], [2] can help us to see the type of future that may await us, particularly for the losers of the Great Recession, those that I call the “bloc #3“. The key points from the above articles […]
Introduction In his book The Art of the Long View, Peter Schwartz[1] talks about the concept of looking for weak signals to help form ideas about the possible shape of future worlds. In this briefing I would like to examine two signals (and, some of you may argue, quite strong […]
In my post So how long are we in this for? I reflected upon unemployment as a key indicator for strategists. It is, after all, employment, or the lack of it, that could reshape human and therefore customer behaviour. Well I have an update on the issue of unemployment or […]