Tag Archives: Change

Death Of A Business Model (Yours too?)

July 29, 2011 – 8:12 am

Being in the railroad business made most railroads blind to the transportation business.  They missed the opportunities to gobble up market share nabbed by trucks and airplanes.  Most railroads are gone.  Easy to articulate the strategies they coulda’ woulda’ shoulda’ implemented.
Bethlehem Steel was in the steel business.  A realization they were in the durable materials [...]

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OK, So I Exaggerated A Bit…

January 18, 2011 – 7:46 am

Yeah, OK, I’ll admit to exaggeration in the title of my recent “Death of All Sales Reps” post.  Anthony Iannarino called me on it here.  More accurately it should have been “The Imminent Death Of All Current Sales Reps Who Fail To Recognize And Aggressively Exploit The Coming Explosive Growth Of Internet-Based B2B Buying.”
More accurate, [...]

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OK, You’re Right. Change is NOT Necessary

May 11, 2010 – 7:46 am

No, I haven’t gone soft in the head.  I’ve just decided to change (pun intended) my attitude about my strongly held belief regarding the absolutely essential, never-ending, iron-clad requirement to accept the inevitability of change – to embrace change – to crave change – to celebrate the joy of change.
What changed my perception of change?  [...]

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