3 Signs that your business is Fragile
We, people, have a innate quality that brings us to ignore the fact that we are mortal. We live with that, and not just accept it, but mostly live as if it can never happen to us. This is a quality, because it allows us to live our lives without being preoccupied with that fact […]
The Fallacy Of Business Opportunities
Companies, and their leaders are constantly engaged with two challenging tasks – grow the top line, do it profitably. To achieve the first one companies try and have in their possession products and services that they can offer to their market that answer the market needs, or even anticipate needs to be answered, they then […]
Volatile times mandate appropriate strategies
We live in volatile times. External circumstances are changing ever so rapidly and dramatically. These changes are totally out of our control, mostly unexpected and often carry meaningful effects; effects that can easily bring a company to its knees. In addition to this reality there are two psychological phenomena that are important to consider; […]
The one change that will rapidly improve your profitability
Profitability (the percent of profit out of sales) is one of the key performance indicators for any management team (of for-profit companies). Improving it is a major concern. Sadly, most effort and focus on improving profitability is directed at reducing costs. This focus has the following interesting aspects, one should recognize: It indicates that […]
