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Social Media–Should I Pay Attention?

November 30, 2010 Posted by The Daniel Group in : Service Improvement, Strategy , add a comment

If you are a manager in a business-to-business company you may wonder about the value of social media (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, etc.).  I do!  While I find value in some, others I find to be of questionable value in the industrial, business-to-business environment.  While there may not yet be proactive value to some of [...]

Innovation in Unusual Places

November 10, 2010 Posted by The Daniel Group in : General, Strategy , 1 comment so far

Two examples of innovation caught my eye recently.  Kimberly-Clark introduced a tube-free line of toilet tissue.  Other than some product improvements around softness (Remember “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin”) not much new has happened in this $9 billion market.  This is an interesting innovation because if all 17 billion tubes used annually for toilet tissue [...]

What Does the Election Mean for Business?

November 8, 2010 Posted by The Daniel Group in : General, Strategy , add a comment

I am not a political prognosticator by any means.  As businesspeople, we have to stay in tune with the political environment–something the lobbying profession learned well.  My guess is that, at the moment, it matters little who controls the levers of power in Washington or at lower levels of government.  While it is always great [...]