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Intelligence Resolutions – PUT WINNING FIRST

Whatever your ambitions or the state of your intelligence organization, let me suggest one critical resolution to help you succeed in the coming year. Keep WINNING front and […]

By Nat Brooks|January 3rd, 2015|Competitive Intelligence, Strategy|

Design as Corporate Sedition

Another excellent Uncommon Knowledge interview. This time with David Kelley, founder of IDEO and designer of Apple’s original computer mouse. It’s worth every second…

The […]

By Nat Brooks|November 19th, 2014|Strategy, Sundry, Winning Culture|

Oooops!

This morning’s developments suggest a mean winter approaches!

By Nat Brooks|November 17th, 2014|Sundry|

Go Long on Technology…

A remarkable and wide ranging interview with Peter Thiel, renowned Silicon Valley investor and co-founder of Paypal, talking about his new book, Zero to One. It is absolutely […]

By Nat Brooks|November 13th, 2014|Piece of My Mind, Strategy, Winning Culture|

Consumer Products Conundrum 4

The fourth and final strategic conundrum facing the consumer products industry is perhaps the most challenging one.

While it is […]

By Nat Brooks|November 6th, 2014|Competitive Intelligence, Strategy|

Consumer Products Conundrum 3

Back last December I highlighted a piece about the sorry state of innovation in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) […]

By Nat Brooks|November 3rd, 2014|Competitive Intelligence, Strategy|

Happy Halloween

By nebgolfer@gmail.com|October 31st, 2014|Sundry|

Today’s Evil is Everyday’s Evil

Here is a fantastic essay on the nature and problem of evil. The Truth About Evil

I link it for two […]

By Nat Brooks|October 29th, 2014|Competitive Intelligence, Piece of My Mind, Strategy|

Consumer Products Conundrum 2

This is not your typical 4 quadrant chart. But it does reflect the growth challenge that faces the consumer packaged goods […]

By Nat Brooks|October 28th, 2014|Competitive Intelligence, Strategy|

Dude, You Need Marketing…

A little fun to start your weekend … From a land where the image is the message. Or where the power of fluff becomes […]

By Nat Brooks|October 24th, 2014|Sundry|

Blog

Another excellent Uncommon Knowledge interview. This time with David Kelley, founder of IDEO and designer of Apple’s original computer mouse. It’s worth every second…

The […]

This morning’s developments suggest a mean winter approaches!

A remarkable and wide ranging interview with Peter Thiel, renowned Silicon Valley investor and co-founder of Paypal, talking about his new book, Zero to One. It is absolutely […]

The fourth and final strategic conundrum facing the consumer products industry is perhaps the most challenging one.

While it is […]

Back last December I highlighted a piece about the sorry state of innovation in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) […]

Here is a fantastic essay on the nature and problem of evil. The Truth About Evil

I link it for two […]

This is not your typical 4 quadrant chart. But it does reflect the growth challenge that faces the consumer packaged goods […]

A little fun to start your weekend … From a land where the image is the message. Or where the power of fluff becomes […]