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JCP, Argo, the Golden Fleece, Odysseus, and the Sirens

There is some irony to JCP’s heavy sponsorship of the Oscars relative to Argo winning “best picture.” The fact that the mythical Greek ship Argo ...
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The Back Page

JEFF BEZOS AND THE NORDSTROMS THINK ALIKE “We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards,” said Jeff Bezos. His credos: long-term thinking, customer ...
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The Bottom: Where Is It?

Talk about “race to the bottom,” what’s happening on a global economic scale should scare the heck out of all of us. Listen to this. ...
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“Innovate Or Die”

I ask you, is this the face of innovation or death (or both)? Most of you elder statesmen out there, like myself, know this guy. ...
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Will Robots be the New “Associates?”

It’s zombie-land out there.  Nobody talks anymore.  They tweet and text.  Nobody meets anymore.  They tweet, text, email and occasionally have phone conferences.  And, we ...
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Captain Lampert Takes The Helm

To Go “Down With The Ship?” Or Just Another Abracadabra Strategy? I just got all twitchy and excited when I heard the news. “Fast Buck ...
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ShowroomEE or ShowroomOR

More on Insane Pricing \”Wars\” Once again, we’ve got even better disruptive technology tools, among what seems like a never-ending stream of them. If the ...
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Dear Reader…

We are living in an era of enormous disruption. And, it’s happening in almost every aspect of our lives: politically, economically, socially, culturally—and across all ...
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