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		<title>around change, growth and improved capability&#8230;what is key?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Jeans</dc:creator>
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The answer is clarity. Determining clarity. That&#8217;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&#8230; and view the reality of the real players; the real issues&#8230;and what are the practical options available?
Email me if you need to chat. I leave [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com&blog=208402&post=204&subd=strategicmarketingoutsourcing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>OK&#8230;it&#8217;s close to being over&#8230;now let&#8217;s focus around growth</title>
		<link>http://strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/ok-its-close-to-being-over-now-lets-focus-around-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Jeans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t even feel the recession [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com&blog=208402&post=169&subd=strategicmarketingoutsourcing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>things are going to be different this growth cycle</title>
		<link>http://strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/things-are-going-to-be-different-this-growth-cycle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Jeans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out what people say about me at http://www.linkedin.com/in/petejeans
G&#8217;day,
My network tells me positive signs of demand emergence are evident. I&#8217;m contracting in the strategy and marketing services space&#8230;and business confidence is much better than 90 days ago. 
Is your organisation&#8230; or your clients going to be proactive?&#8230;take the lead? &#8230;beat the competition on the upswing?&#8230;or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com&blog=208402&post=165&subd=strategicmarketingoutsourcing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Customers will respond to innovation in recessions</title>
		<link>http://strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/customers-will-respond-to-innovation-in-recessions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Jeans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone asked me the other day what the critical imperative is around demand generation as the recession eases.
In the &#8216;92 Australian recession recovery period,  it was  all about focusing demand generation imperatives around the critical selection factors that clients use to prefer suppliers&#8230;.typically the same compelling issues that sit at the centre of their offers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com&blog=208402&post=163&subd=strategicmarketingoutsourcing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Things are ready to start moving in Australia</title>
		<link>http://strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/things-are-ready-to-start-moving-in-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Jeans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s movement at the station&#8230;the economy is probably at it&#8217;s lowpoint&#8230;so the only way is up.
What&#8217;s happening?  Even though  the quantum of employment advertisements are low&#8230;some industry sectors are hiring additional seniors&#8230;particularly in the construction space for new projects&#8230;.and there will be a few  new government  roles in NSW as the current administration re-shapes its [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com&blog=208402&post=161&subd=strategicmarketingoutsourcing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When will new senior roles be available?</title>
		<link>http://strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/when-will-new-senior-roles-be-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Jeans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com&blog=208402&post=159&subd=strategicmarketingoutsourcing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some industry sectors in Australia might be getting ready to wake up</title>
		<link>http://strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/some-industry-sectors-in-australia-might-be-getting-ready-to-wake-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Jeans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something interesting is happening in Australia&#8230;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&#8230;and re-examine their business models?
Or is it that the corporate sector&#8217;s planning  is lagging well behind the economic reality of savage demand [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com&blog=208402&post=156&subd=strategicmarketingoutsourcing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is the current imperative on costs and cash control shortsighted? Should we tighten up on business model re-alignment?</title>
		<link>http://strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/is-the-current-imperative-on-costs-and-cash-control-shortsighted-should-we-refocus-tighten-up-on-business-model-re-alignment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Jeans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, cash is king. But we are going to come out of this recession. And those with their agility and capability intact and strengthened &#8230;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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com&blog=208402&post=151&subd=strategicmarketingoutsourcing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s imperatives? Re-evaluate</title>
		<link>http://strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/todays-imperatives-re-evaluate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Jeans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I attended a business forum staged by the Australian Marketing Institute in Sydney, Australia. 
Headlined&#8230;&#8221;How to win in a challenging economic environment&#8221;, presenter and MD Peter Harris of Colmar Brunton Intelligence laid out their view of this recession&#8217;s emerging consumer trends &#8230;and some category spending patterns.  Peter and his team delivered an excellent presentation and insights to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com&blog=208402&post=149&subd=strategicmarketingoutsourcing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What are the early lessons we&#8217;re learning already from these tough times?</title>
		<link>http://strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/what-are-the-early-lessons-were-learning-already-from-these-tough-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Jeans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strategicmarketingoutsourcing.wordpress.com&blog=208402&post=141&subd=strategicmarketingoutsourcing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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