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Archive for January, 2006
Tom Peters – hits it spot on
January 7, 2006
What it’s all about in 80 words:
Wildly altered context (technology, China-India, global terrorism, etc.)
Only answer: Adaptive skills and bold-breathtaking innovation (top-line focus rather
than cost-cutting focus)
Race way, way up the value-added curve (implemented “game-altering solutions”
rather than “services,” “experiences” rather than “transactions,” and more)
Radical (!!!) use of IS-IT
A “Roster” of Weird & Wondrous & Entrepreneurial “Talent” engaged in
“Wow Projects”
“Metabolic Leadership” (Passionate Leaders who instill a Discipline of Execution,
a Quick Tempo Culture and an appetite to “Eat Radical Change for Breakfast”)
The Complete 2005 Food Blog Awards Nominee List
January 6, 2006
If your are interested in food Blogs here is a handy-dandy reference guide to all of the 2005 Food Blog Awards. It will save you a lot of wasted time.
A great product
The key to evangelism is a great product. It is easy, almost unavoidable, to catalyze evangelism for a great product. It is hard, almost impossible, to catalyze evangelism for crap. (Evangelism, after all, comes from the Greek word for “bringing the good news,” not “the crappy news.”)
So what is a great product – read Guy’s Blog
BabyBoomer opportunity – are you on the bus?
“The senior sweepstakes kicks into high gear this weekend as the first baby boomers turn 60 and states, cities, and small towns mount ad campaigns to attract up-and-coming retirees and their spending power.”
As Re-imagine! readers know, the pursuit of the boomer-geezer market is one of my hobbyhorses. So: What, precisely, are your boomer-geezer product-development and marketing-distribution plans? Despite the staggering #s (80M boomers in the U.S. alone, commanding Trillion$$$ in dollar-power), damn few firms have made a … Strategic Commitment … to this market. Hint: This is not a “Citigroup issue” issue/opportunity. It is an opportunity for almost all of us!