2017-02-19 16:30
Have you noticed how many articles now have a number as the starting point of the article i.e.3 ways to improve your sales5 tactics to improve profits2 exercises to get a flat stomach etc et… Read More
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Execution and Strategy is the personal blog of Craig Padoa. To quote Sir Winston Churchill - However beautiful the strategy, one should occasionally look at the results
2016-05-23 00:30
I haven't written (obviously) in sometime however this video gave me genuine giggle followed by the thought "I really need to post this". I am sure everyone who has dialed in to a confe… Read More
2014-12-31 17:00
Profit is vanity Assets are Sanity but Cash is king! I am not too sure who came up with that phrase but whoever did is spot on. I have previously written about the problem of… Read More
2014-08-10 16:00
"It’s time to say good-bye to the Department of Human Resources. Well, not the useful tasks it performs. But the department per se must go." Ram Charan, HBR July 2014Every now an… Read More
2014-06-15 16:00
I was talking to a HR contact recently about first perceptions when hiring and she relayed the following story to me. My contact was recruiting for a customer service based role. She put the… Read More
2014-03-16 18:00
I was first involved in e-commerce over 14 years ago. At the time I was working for a Venture Capitalist / Accelerator who had invested in an online advertising aggregation site. I am sure y… Read More
2013-11-28 21:31
The fundamental problem of social media within the context of traditional business metrics and reporting is that no matter how much of a media darling it is, Social Media is merely another m… Read More
2013-10-13 15:00
I was recently talking to a colleague, who was excitedly opening her package from asos, about shopping online. One of her primary reasons for shopping online was she preferred the custo… Read More
2013-06-15 21:41
I recently ran a workshop for a small business. The owner of the business asked for my help to improve the business performance and as part of the initiative I suggested, like all good consu… Read More
2013-03-12 16:30
If you don't yet subscribe to strategy+business by global management consulting firm Booz & Company, you are missing out on some impressive management and thought leadership pieces.Two a… Read More
2013-02-24 17:02
Last month (18th Jan) was the anniversary of Rudyard Kipling's death. Who has not read or seen the Jungle Book?I was reading Kipling's poem "If-" again, as it is an amazing piece of literatu… Read More
2013-01-30 15:00
A very (very very) long time ago I tried to learn to surf. The reality was I did not excel at it but I did learn that if you chose the wrong wave you could end up being ‘dumped’… Read More
2012-12-16 16:00
I love this video.It is short. It is simple. And it is relevant to anyone who is trying to build a business, whether it be as a self-employed consultant, manager of a business unit or CEO of… Read More
2012-12-09 16:00
It does not matter what industry you work in, there is always a company that is held up, and more often than not Benchmarked, as the best. In technology it is Apple, in retail it is Zara, in… Read More
2012-11-18 16:00
Regular readers will know I am a big fan of TED.A couple of weeks ago ( 8th Nov) TED updated the list of the 20 most watched talks. The list is based on tracking of various site including "T… Read More
2012-11-18 10:55
Recently I circled back with some peers. We were trying to add some colour to deck the EIC had conceptualized. The intent was for a transformative break through but the numbers did not gel a… Read More
2012-10-31 20:06
This is the third and final post in the series "Oxygen: How Is Your Corporate Culture Breathing?". Please see the previous posts for Part 1 and Part 2.This final chapter looks at the primary… Read More
2012-10-07 15:00
A couple of weeks ago I wrote ‘Oxygen: How Is Your Corporate Culture Breathing (Part 1)’, which focused on quantitative research about the effects a toxic corporate culture can h… Read More
2012-09-16 15:02
How often do you think about oxygen? Me, hardly ever. Why? Well in part because I am healthy but I think another big part is because I cannot see, feel or taste oxygen. But I do know that I… Read More
2012-08-05 15:00
OK, two obvious issues:1-This is not a typical article that I would write. It is more simply me using my blog as a tool trying to source a solution I have not been able to find (after consid… Read More
2012-07-24 16:00
Outsourcing is defined as the process of contracting an existing business process which an organization previously performed internally to an independent organization, where the process is p… Read More
2012-07-16 15:00
Recently I circled back with some peers. We were trying to add some colour to deck the EIC had conceptualized. The intent was for a transformative break through but the numbers did not gel a… Read More
2012-06-17 13:16
For the purposes of this article, feel free to interchange the words Brand and Business where you see fit. … Read More
2012-06-14 14:00
"Contrary to what your U9 soccer trophy suggests, your glowing seventh grade report card, despite every assurance of a certain corpulent dinosaur, that nice Mister Rogers and your batty Aunt… Read More
2012-06-10 14:00
A former colleague of mine was telling me about the new company she had just joined. She was baffled by the fact that employees would get their full bonus even if they only hit 95%… Read More
2012-05-30 14:30
It is hard asking for help. Not basic or simple help i.e. can you help me with my luggage but deep and real help i.e. I don't know how to fix this broken business and I need your help.There… Read More
2012-05-08 15:00
Question: If your business / division grew by 10% but overall market in which your product / service operates grew by 50%, did you in fact grow? Let's look at this in a little more det… Read More
2012-04-22 22:04
How's your Latin?“Iniquissima haec bellorum condicio est: prospera omnes sibi vindicant, adversa uni imputantur.” Tacitus, Agricola Book 1:27 (written around 98AD)… Read More
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