by Chuck Kocher | Jun 2, 2014 | Misc.
Sometimes outward appearances can be deceiving. From the outside big box membership stores COSTCO and SAM’S Club may seem pretty much the same. The stores are laid out a bit differently. Their color schemes and logos are different. There are other points of...
by Chuck Kocher | May 19, 2014 | Misc.
Sometimes businesses get so focused on trying to come up with the next big idea that they get a little bit myopic. It’s easy to focus on the next new product and miss the big picture. But sometimes what’s happening across whole sectors of business that provides us...
by Chuck Kocher | May 12, 2014 | Misc.
When we think of innovation, we often think of technology or of new products or markets. And while those things are certainly signs of innovative thinking, not all of us are going to come up with the next iPad, or Google Glass. But innovation and creativity isn’t...
by Chuck Kocher | May 5, 2014 | Misc.
People have been reading the works of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm since their first collection of folk tales was published in 1812. But business today is no fairy tale. So what can two brothers born in late 17th Century Germany teach us about doing business in the 21st...
by Chuck Kocher | Apr 28, 2014 | Misc.
We’ve all heard the story of the kindly cop who came upon a man searching for his car keys under the streetlight at night. When the police officer asked the man if this was the last place he’d remembered seeing his keys, the man replied, “Oh, no! The last time I saw...
by Chuck Kocher | Apr 22, 2014 | Misc.
You probably know that innovation is a big theme with me. I read about it. I write about it. I talk about it with clients. That’s because I’m convinced that companies that don’t innovate and adapt to meet the changing needs of their customers don’t have much of a...
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