Content by Steve McKee
Mon, 06/28/2021 - 12:03
Have you noticed gas prices going up? Is your company having a hard time finding new employees? Are you paying more (and waiting longer) for parts? The experts say inflation may be upon us. If it isn’t yet, it soon will be, given all the funny money…
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:02
Is 2020 a bump in the road or the beginning of the end? That’s not a trick question. For some companies, the virus and lockdown have been inconvenient and annoying, but navigable. For others, they have been devastating. And the social unrest has…
Mon, 06/01/2020 - 12:02
The Philippine Department of Transportation got into a bit of a fix recently for publicly thanking the coronavirus. In an attempt to “provide an enlightening and awakening narrative” that might cause people to see a silver lining in the viral cloud…
Wed, 02/13/2019 - 12:02
Your business does not have a brand; your brand has a business. That may sound odd, backward, even heretical, but it’s true.
Consider the smartphone on which you may be reading this. When it was fresh out of the box and had gigabytes of memory to…
Wed, 05/23/2018 - 12:02
Hasbro recently reported a double-digit decline in revenue and a big internal overhaul. That followed Mattel’s news that it will be hiring its fourth CEO in as many years as it also tries to overcome slumping sales. Why are the behemoths of the toy…
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 12:02
Back in the day, when the battery died in my Datsun 210 hatchback, all I needed was a steep hill or a couple of friends willing to give me a push
It’s a metaphor that comes back to me each time my firm consults with a struggling company. Today, of…
