The Science and Art Around Winning Business Models

Being in the strategic advisory space, I get a lot of exposure to various business strategies, strategic plans, and sales plans, both internally to organizations and from outsiders looking to raise money or gain influence. What I have found is that most of these...

Always Trust But Verify Your Critical Business Data

I was recently involved with a client’s business planning process for 2012 through 2014. You know the one, the typical 2 year process where after the first 12 months of forecasting, the data really starts to get fuzzy. When I asked my client why they were so confident...

Best Practice – Is That Really What You Want?

Running a strategic consulting business for the high-tech supply chain, I encounter many companies who ask me to institute the “best-practice” for their particular need or business segment. The term “best- practice“ has almost become synonymous with success. I hate to...