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“It’s an interesting and important question for people hell bent on making a difference. In ‘What’s The Big Idea’ by Thomas H. Davenport and Laurence Prusak, there some great advice. The best of it comes from Mitzi Wertheim, a social anthropologist by training who works in — of all places — the U.S. Department of Defense as a ‘change consultant.’”

“As David Colescott approached retirement as a real estate broker in June 1999, he assumed that the stock market would rise by an average of 10 percent a year. Based on that belief, Mr. Colescott, now 68, said he had expected to withdraw 8 percent of his nest egg’s initial value in his first year of retirement and take out slightly larger amounts, to allow for inflation, in subsequent years.”

“As David Colescott approached retirement as a real estate broker in June 1999, he assumed that the stock market would rise by an average of 10 percent a year. Based on that belief, Mr. Colescott, now 68, said he had expected to withdraw 8 percent of his nest egg’s initial value in his first year of retirement and take out slightly larger amounts, to allow for inflation, in subsequent years.”

“Attention all CEOs: Time to get your stories straight. In today’s economy, approaching a client without a clear pitch on your company’s value proposition is about as constructive as banking your financial future on stock options. That’s why so many solution providers are reshaping their sales messages around things like technology leadership, business-process improvements and industry-specific expertise.” (More here).

“CEOs have a right (and a pressing need) to know what they are getting for those shareholders’ dollars that are spent on marketing. Every P&L expense in the enterprise is measured by its R.O.I., with one exception: marketing. This is true even though marketing is a relatively large expenditure (as much as 30 percent of revenue for some companies).”

“CEOs have a right (and a pressing need) to know what they are getting for those shareholders’ dollars that are spent on marketing. Every P&L expense in the enterprise is measured by its R.O.I., with one exception: marketing. This is true even though marketing is a relatively large expenditure (as much as 30 percent of revenue for some companies).”

“It’s an interesting and important question for people hell bent on making a difference. In ‘What’s The Big Idea’ by Thomas H. Davenport and Laurence Prusak, there some great advice. The best of it comes from Mitzi Wertheim, a social anthropologist by training who works in — of all places — the U.S. Department of Defense as a ‘change consultant.’”