First movers do have some advantages. Like an Oklahoma land rush they can stake their claim in a new market and hold a position that comes with being first. This kind of positioning in the mind of people new to a market means less work persuading buyers on what is the best in class.Continue reading “The Last Mover Advantage”
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Is Automation Sinking You?
There’s an article on LinkedIn Pulse, Recruitment industry will die in 2018 which has been quite the conversation piece and stirred the passions. It’s foreboding news for recruiters that have a vested interest in perpetuating their jobs. The author compares what is happening in talent recruitment to the role of travel agents before the internet. Automation hasContinue reading “Is Automation Sinking You?”
Leveling Up
If the world was a static place, you could make your bed, set things in order and watch your money-making job or business simply cash flow without disruption. However, we don’t live in Narnia. It’s not a place of bliss and perfection. Now that everyone is connected and able to make change, it forces yourContinue reading “Leveling Up”
Repackaging
You don’t have to do business the way you are set up currently. You could take the same core value you sell and repackage how you present your wares and skills to the market. The position you are in was a choice. Maybe it was practical. Early on someone asked for a price. You named it andContinue reading “Repackaging”
Innovate and Leave the Industrial Age Behind
We are in a major election cycle and the promise of jobs keeps coming up as if the candidates can magically create jobs and fill out the shrinking middle class by decree. Ever take a look at the recent 10 Worst Companies to Work For article? Why do people hang on and work for theseContinue reading “Innovate and Leave the Industrial Age Behind”
Exponential Growth
Our human brains have a hard time understanding or accepting exponential trends. We prefer and interpret events and trends to be linear. Like a nice Sunday drive that is steady in course, direction and speed, we think life events unfold this way. However, the reality is that we have acceleration occurring at unprecedented speeds. WhetherContinue reading “Exponential Growth”
Innovation Is Security
When the world we lived in was about production and efficiency, we could find security in being a little better than everyone else. We just had to focus on getting what was known done with quality and meeting expectations. In this, we had security. We enjoyed job security, long-term contracts, customer loyalty and predictable revenueContinue reading “Innovation Is Security”