by Robert Bradford | Apr 3, 2020 | Strategic Planning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Covid-19 and Business – How to Build Value During the Pandemic. It’s still somewhat early to predict how the Covid-19 outbreak has changed every part of our world. It’s not too soon to pick up some early ideas that are emerging from the disruption caused by...
by Robert Bradford | Mar 26, 2020 | Competitive Strategy
Strategies in recessions – What kind of strategies work best? We’ve been using Simplified Strategic Planning for over 40 years now, and we’ve seen companies fare well through recessions many times. Those that do well use strategies that are just a bit different...
by Robert Bradford | Mar 13, 2020 | Competitive Strategy
In strategic planning, we sometimes look at threats that will harm your business. We avoid looking at every threat, since good strategy is about opportunities more than threats, but there are still some threats that may be worth examining. In general, these are...
by Robert Bradford | Mar 6, 2020 | Strategic Planning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Pandemics affect business strategy. If you’re like most people, the Covid-19 virus that you’ve heard news about concerns you. Some of that concern may be personal, since anyone could be infected by the virus. Some of that concern, however, may be about the impact...
by Robert Bradford | Feb 28, 2020 | Competitive Strategy
Protectionism with tariffs in your country is often seen as a benefit to companies, especially manufacturers. The idea is that when countries put a tariff on imports of products similar to yours, you gain an advantage in your domestic marketplace. If they place a 25%...
