A New Year Brings Change
A new year often brings new beginnings. I was intrigued to discover how one company used a novel way to motivate employees to think about […]
Productivity
Prime Air – The Amazon Solution for Internet-ordered products is not quite ready for take-off
Amazon has invested time and money to speed up its shipping services. It has algorithms that anticipate a client order, ultra-efficient robots that pick items from warehouses, […]
Marketing Focus: Essays on Management & Marketing February 2017
Momentum. That will be, and should be, the mantra for commerce during 2017. Momentum will precede profits, sustainable growth, enhanced productivity, more expeditious decision-making and, […]
Design Thinking- What it is
Design thinking is not new but it has been evolving more rapidly since 1960 as a valid management process described as: * A unified framework […]
Health Self Service in Kiosk Format
Self service through health kiosks has had a presence in Australia for at least 15 years, but it does not seem to have a high […]
Retail Disruption Coming – Around the Corner and Around the World
I2P has always given direction for community pharmacy well in advance of the actual events liable to be disruptive or transformative. About four years ago […]
MARKETING FOCUS – Essays on Management and Marketing
The most anticipated, yet uninspiring, US Presidential election is about to take place. Overall, the final result will be of marginal importance to the American […]
The Power of Broke
A lot of people believe you only have one shot at success. Let’s agree that’s just not true. But what is true is that many […]
Marketing Focus – Miscellaneous Essays on Management & Marketing
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS – NOW TRANSACTIONAL My, how things have changed. The nature of, and expectations for most business relationships in 2016 are now founded […]
Your Dispensary – Core Business Could Evaporate
This year will be “crunch time” for most community pharmacies who have not yet decided on adopting disruptive technologies as a means of improving the […]