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The Library.
Lessons and insights on business strategy to help fast-track your career and grow your business.


Is the Boston Matrix relevant today?
I was reminded of this framework and its inappropriateness as I have been reading about Kravis and Roberts who are stepping down from KKR
Nov 1, 20213 min read


New product failures - the problem with inventors
Innovation therefore is critical to our businesses and yet we clearly aren’t good at it.
Oct 15, 20212 min read


Is £70 too much to pay for steak and chips?
In the marketing world, price is the least understood of the 4P's. And yet, it is the only one of the 4P's that captures value.
Oct 1, 20213 min read


Are frameworks patentable?
If you come up with a model for improving the efficiency of an organisation, can you control and profit from who uses it?
Sep 14, 20212 min read


There is always more than one solution
The other week I attended an online MBA class run by a marketing professor. He is a man of some distinction and an excellent communicator ..
Sep 1, 20213 min read


Jargon – a curse on our frameworks
I was listening to a marketer talk about issues the other day and had to pinch myself with the number of acronyms that were used.
Aug 15, 20212 min read
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