Why is Nokia a potentially portent example of organisational Group Think?  Read on and find out… Well..  It’s been a busy week in Nokia-Land.  It seems the new Nokia CEO charged with turning Nokia around from slowly sinking Titanic back to market leader has made some bold moves. First the significant Microsoft shareholder and Nokia CEO Stephen Elop (deliberately?) leaked a memo brutally exposing his views on Nokia’s...

In my previous article I discussed the concept of value and how important it discard old ways of thinking in terms of products and costs, to re-focus around the consumer. In this article, I will further the case for considering services in your business by distinguishing products from services. Part Three, will look at the success of the Apple Strategy and some real examples of real profit margins including from the sector spread Woolworths...

I have received a number of inquires from clients and readers about services based business models and how to implement one.  In response to this interest, I have developed a few strategies and illustrations to help you. In this multipart series, I will take you through what services are, and how you can build a services based business or transform your existing product based business, in to a services based business. So what are...

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Unfortunately, it appears my predictions were correct.  Australia is now in the full swings of the ‘Dutch Disease’, as our economy approaches US Dollar parity, our exports are unable to compete with deliberately deflated countries such as India and China.  Australia is at a terrible trade disadvantage, while drunk with high Dollar driven consumption.  It beggars belief that only 6 months ago, when I originally wrote my...