Australian retailers are now subject to a “Perfect Storm” of a changed environment and context. They need to get their heads around the new reality fast.
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The Black Swan : The Impact of the Highly Improbable
By Andrew Leunig on February 10, 2011 in Belief Systems, Blog, Book Reviews, Business Models, Insights, Learning and Growth, Strategy
Just because you have not seen a black swan, does not mean there are no black swans. Unlikely, incomprehensible events seem impossible until they happen. Once they have happened, in retrospect they are explainable and can even be seen as almost inevitable.
What are you going to stop doing in 2011 ?
By Andrew Leunig on December 9, 2010 in Belief Systems, Blog, Business Issues, Learning and Growth, Life Balance, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Other Stuff, Personal Effectiveness, Personal Energy Levels, Personal Improvement, Strategy
Rather than doing more stuff effectively – what should you stop doing completely ? What personal and business activities should you abandon ? What activities, people, possessions are weighing you down ? Why not get them out of your life in 2011 and free up some “head-space” for more productive thoughts and action ?
The Tipping Point : How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
By Andrew Leunig on October 9, 2010 in Belief Systems, Blog, Book Reviews, Business Issues, Business Models, Business Types, Communication, Development, Early Stage, Fast Growth, Insights, Learning and Growth, Muse, Online, Personal Effectiveness, Personal Improvement, Service, Strategy
By Malcolm Gladwell ISBN 0316346624 This is the book that brought Malcolm Gladwell to global prominence. He is a brilliant observer and his unexpected insights are extremely powerful. I first read this book several years ago and it really changed the way I look at many things. I reread it in the last few months […]
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid : Eradicating Poverty through Profits
By Andrew Leunig on October 7, 2010 in Blog, Book Reviews, Case Studies, Early Stage, Insights, Leadership, Online, Strategy, Uncategorized
About 4 Billion people exist on less than $2 per day. They are at the Bottom of the Pyramid. This fantastic book examines businesses that survive and propser servicing these markets. These markets are a pressure cooker of Business Model Innovation and some time soon one of these businesses will be iin the West and […]
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
By Andrew Leunig on October 7, 2010 in Belief Systems, Blog, Book Reviews, Business Issues, Business Models, Case Studies, Insights, Personal Improvement, Strategy, Teamwork, Turnarounds
This is a story about superior insight constructed around a Baseball story. Michael Lewis tells the story of how Billy Beane, general manager of Oakland Athletics, could for several years win more games than anyone else with a team payroll a fraction of the majors.