around change, growth and improved capability…what is key?

 
The answer is clarity. Determining clarity. That’s it.
Complexity faces us all in every organisational challenge. The key is to enable best-practice strategic processes to blow the smoke off the stage… and view the reality of the real players; the real issues…and what are the practical options available?
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OK…it’s close to being over…now let’s focus around growth

Some of the retailers reckon this recession in Australia is close to being over; some of the industrials are getting volume back slowly ( at the cost of margin albeitly ); consumer and business confidence is up ( from a low base ) and some parts of Australia didn’t even feel the recession [...]

things are going to be different this growth cycle

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G’day,
My network tells me positive signs of demand emergence are evident. I’m contracting in the strategy and marketing services space…and business confidence is much better than 90 days ago.
Is your organisation… or your clients going to be proactive?…take the lead? …beat the competition on the upswing?…or [...]

Customers will respond to innovation in recessions

Someone asked me the other day what the critical imperative is around demand generation as the recession eases.
In the ‘92 Australian recession recovery period,  it was  all about focusing demand generation imperatives around the critical selection factors that clients use to prefer suppliers….typically the same compelling issues that sit at the centre of their offers [...]

Things are ready to start moving in Australia

There’s movement at the station…the economy is probably at it’s lowpoint…so the only way is up.
What’s happening?  Even though  the quantum of employment advertisements are low…some industry sectors are hiring additional seniors…particularly in the construction space for new projects….and there will be a few  new government  roles in NSW as the current administration re-shapes its [...]

When will new senior roles be available?

It depends of course, on the particular  industry and organisational circumstances as the economy starts to emerge from its malaise over the next  24 months.
Australia is now much better populated with senior talent who have returned from offshore; so competition for senior roles will be fierce. Only those who tightly fit the competency and chemistry [...]

Some industry sectors in Australia might be getting ready to wake up

Something interesting is happening in Australia…more and more management consulting firms are looking for staff.
Is this the start of the corporate sector getting ready to wake up after completing their downsizing and costs re-adjustment…and re-examine their business models?
Or is it that the corporate sector’s planning  is lagging well behind the economic reality of savage demand [...]

Is the current imperative on costs and cash control shortsighted? Should we tighten up on business model re-alignment?

Sure, cash is king. But we are going to come out of this recession. And those with their agility and capability intact and strengthened …will reap the benefits of the turnaround earlier.
That means a new commitment to insight and strategy development. Have you got adequate independant resources to give you strategic advice on the probable [...]

Today’s imperatives? Re-evaluate

Yesterday, I attended a business forum staged by the Australian Marketing Institute in Sydney, Australia. 
Headlined…”How to win in a challenging economic environment”, presenter and MD Peter Harris of Colmar Brunton Intelligence laid out their view of this recession’s emerging consumer trends …and some category spending patterns.  Peter and his team delivered an excellent presentation and insights to a [...]

What are the early lessons we’re learning already from these tough times?

It’s almost six months since we first realised that the Australian economy was  in for a serious confidence correction. Some outfits  adjusted  their business models and cost structures early and somewhat savagely. Well done. It will be survival of the fittest.
Those that waited and are still moving through the process of re-assesment are being penalised with unprecedented [...]