Seeing an idea, strategy or concepts is the first step in making them successful. This is important for businesses.
Time: The New Currency
Since the late 1950s, the history of branch banking in America has been all about being in the midst of the population. No bank could survive without being accessible in a timely fashion. Convenience became one of the prime factors for locating a branch. The focus was to reduce the time it takes to get …
Experience Economy: Go With the Flow
There’s a lot conversation from the design world about the customer journey. Each design firm has its own version of how customers travel through the place, be it physical or digital. What many have in common is the attracting of customers. In the physical world, they label the outside environment of the place as Attract. …
Authenticity in the Experience Economy
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Business Alignment
No matter if you're a small business, large corporation or non-profit, there are connections in our purpose, communication and the places we connect in. I have written before on the importance of alignment and I am going to do again, but this time I want to break down the idea into steps. I believe that …
Misalignment Hassles of Life and Business
Have you ever experienced a car that was out of alignment. The strangest of noises occur. Excessive wear on the tires, possibly leading to unusual balding patterns. Eventually this misalignment can cause costly repairs and replacement if allowed to go unchecked. Misalignment is true of our personal life as well as for business. Unlike the alignment …
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Alcoholism Rises to 500%
This may soon be the headline we read in the not too far future. When mapping out cause and effect of any new development or change, it maybe helpful to visually map out how that new development or change will affect other conditions. In the example of the title headline, imagine as more and more …
The Ants and The Apple
This story was shared to me a long time ago so I may have changed it slightly, but I think you will get the idea. One sunny afternoon two ants from different colonies met beneath a grand old apple tree. In customary fashion, the two ants exchanged greetings and signals about where they were from. …
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