by Denise Harrison | Oct 7, 2016 | Strategic Planning
By Denise Harrison, Senior Consultant Apple is world renowned for its innovative product introductions – but as you look back over history, there have been plenty of flops to go along with the successes. Think about Ping and Rokr – oops, you missed these? Most...
by Tom Ambler | Sep 30, 2016 | Strategic Planning
By Thomas E. Ambler, Senior Consultant Note: This article is part of a series taken from Thomas E. Ambler’s article The Strategic Value of Values originally published in Compass Points in April 2002. In Part One, we introduced the series. In this post we will...
by Dana Baldwin | Sep 19, 2016 | Strategic Planning
By M Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant Very recently we heard that Nike, Inc. signed a long term agreement with Apollo Global Management, a private investment group, to establish manufacturing in the United States as well as complete logistics operations. The goal of...
by Tom Ambler | Sep 16, 2016 | Strategic Planning
By Thomas E. Ambler, Senior Consultant Note: This article is part of a series taken from Thomas E. Ambler’s article The Strategic Value of Values originally published in Compass Points in April 2002. In Part One, we will introduce the series. Daily our...
by Tom Ambler | Sep 2, 2016 | Strategic Planning, Strategy Implementation
Note: This article was originally printed in Compass Points November 2006 By Thomas E. Ambler, Senior Consultant No one knows better than you that your markets are not what they used to be. They are undergoing an accelerating shift on what and where customers place...
by Dana Baldwin | Aug 26, 2016 | Strategic Planning
Note: This article was first published in Compass Points in May 2005 Dana Baldwin reviews: Marketing as Strategy Understanding the CEO’s Agenda for Driving Growth and Innovation By: Nirmalya Kumar Foreword by Philip Kotler Harvard Business School Press, 2004,...