Monday, April 07, 2003

What Warfighters Can Teach Business Leaders. Literally from it's earliest issue, Fast Company has looked to the best minds and most effective units in the military for lessons about strategy, tactics, and execution that can be applied to business. At a moment in which the attention of the world is focused on military conflict and its aftermath, we've assembled a collection of articles that may change how you run your company -- and shape how you behave as a leader. [Fast Company] A wonderful group of relevant stories amd lessons 3:47:21 PM    comment []

Competing by price into Oblivion The response of the airlines to their world has ben to compete by price. The outcome a degradation of morale and service to the point of collapse. here is an article in the Motley that suggest the same fate for the Food Giants. A lesson for us all. If you have a brand and you choose to cheapen it - you end up with nothing. Another way of competing is needed. What then. GM responds to its world by price. It has commoditized its brands. Honda never did that. It focused on creating an protecting the value of owning a Honda. Which has lost and who has won share? 1:35:48 PM    comment []