Having spent a lot of time in my life hiking and backpacking I learned early on that you must get “comfortable being uncomfortable” and then the real fun and adventure can start. So many of us (me included) are used to comfort and an easiness that makes us avoid any level of uncertainty and “discomfort”. […]
Author: Bruce Hall
The world is changing rapidly around us and you must change as well. I have worked with dozens of dozens of Fortune 500 companies so I know. How you approach innovation is likely not working based on countless studies. I have also “seen behind the curtain” as they say in the classic Wizard of Oz. […]
Regardless of the category of products the sooner you can build credibility with a new product or service the better. Too often marketers expect the power of the brand or the product to just carry the day. The world is too competitive to fall back on one aspect of your offering. In such a fragmented […]
If you made it to the top by being strong, decisive and to have never shown weakness how can you now admit that you have much to learn? That you need help finding the right answers? Folks – the system and your current and past companies likely failed you and your organization. Why are CMOs […]
Consulting with some of the best companies in the U.S. over many years it becomes very clear where the biggest room for improvement is for most marketing leaders and chief marketing officers. For most they are a product of their experience and previous coaches and mentors along the way. In other words they don’t know […]
By: Doug Hall, CEO and Founder, Eureka! Ranch Sir Isaac Newton’s first law shows that when all the forces acting upon an object or idea are balanced then the acceleration of that object will be ZERO. Objects or ideas at equilibrium will not change. Newton’s second law teaches us that Force = Mass times Acceleration. […]
Many business leaders give up on innovation because they simply don’t know how to innovate. They have never been taught. Are you one of those leaders? Have you accepted that work will never be fun again…and you just have to endure the pain and unhappiness for a few more years until you leave or retire? […]
FIVE KEYS TO IMPROVED INNOVATION RESULTS Just why has the success rate with innovation reached such an all-time low? A Boston Consulting Group study showed that only 4.5% of innovations reach their ROI goals. Those are numbers that make it difficult to look to innovation to drive sales growth during this recession. No wonder so […]
I know the conventional wisdom of leaders today is “I know my workers”. Yet- it is incredibly different from what we find as we work with companies. It turns out- bosses are not as close to the workers as they would believe. Are you a leader who is frustrated because you cannot understand why your […]