If you had the “pleasure” of flying yesterday from Dubai Airport (DXB) to the US, you had a front-row seat in Emirates’ live Market Leadership 101 course for CEO’s. Saturday, 25th of March was the first day of the US #LaptopBan impacting the Gulf carriers Emirates, Etihad and Qatar as part of the latest terror hysteria. […]
How to Create a Sustainable Culture of Innovation
Innovation. It’s one of those things people love to talk about – even dream about – that many, if not most, don’t really understand. Let’s face it, if everyone really understood innovation, there wouldn’t be almost 6 million results on Google News as I write this post, nor would innovation have been in the top […]
I’m Sorry, Sir. We’re Out of Tuna
That’s what I heard tonight when I rang up one of my regular, “no brainer” restaurants because the last thing anyone in the house wanted to do this evening was cook. I order something from them at least once a week, normally lunch, and, to be fair, they’re not really a sushi place. They’re really […]
Winning Strategy Execution Without the Sleepless Nights
How many times in the last week have you lain awake at night worrying about how well your organization was executing your strategy? Have many headaches? How about ulcer trouble? Survey after survey would say you’re right to be worried. Most organizations simply can’t come close to delivering on their strategy’s potential value – sometimes […]
What Does Your Organization and the Bugatti Veyron Have in Common?
If you answered “nothing,” you may be more correct than you want to be—just not for the reasons you probably expect. How’s your organizational performance? Is it reliable? Is it predictable? Is it exceptional? In the automotive world, the ultimate achievement in the quest for exceptional performance currently belongs to the Bugatti Veyron. It is […]
