May 20, 2011 – 9:20 am
Marketers who wait to be given their marching orders and to have all the facts in hand before putting a foot forward, will never achieve greatness. But many business managers are asking for greatness from their marketing investment. Something revolutionary. Category re-defining. Life-changing. Why should we, as marketers, give them anything less? The following are [...]
May 10, 2011 – 8:49 am
Brand experience is shaped in every interaction a customer has with a company, from marketing and sales to product use and support. Therefore, sourcing has a huge impact on the customer experience—and the brand experience. Toyota left American auto companies behind by forming win-win relationships with suppliers, while Detroit followed old-school practices of beating up [...]
February 4, 2011 – 6:41 am
Molex Incorporated, a global manufacturer of interconnect solutions, was one of the 2010 recipients of the BMA Chicago Innovation Award, for developing the Circular MT Expanded Beam Interconnect Solution. The connection device allows dramatic functional improvement in operating room surgical equipment. Several recipients participated in a BMA Chicago luncheon panel event to discuss their ventures in [...]
July 31, 2010 – 1:03 pm
Attending this year’s AM&AA conference was an eye-opener. I wasn’t a surprise that the M&A community is not conducting business as usual. But the creative thinking about how to jump-start and otherwise stimulate activity was inspiring. Some of the things I observed: • Business and deals are substantially down in many industries. • Of the [...]
April 24, 2010 – 4:45 am
We’ve been anticipating a fascinating evening on April 29—and the bar just went up: we’re thrilled that Judith Wright will guide the MENG Evening Leadership event. Judith brings a long-standing career of business and leadership coaching experience, with a depth of material specifically on the subject of “brain sex,” the cognitive differences between men and [...]
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