by Chris Labatt-Simon | Aug 19, 2015 | Innovation, Sales
I wrote this several years back when I owned an IT company, but as I revisit my prior musings I see how applicable they still are today. The original, along with many other random thoughts, is available on our blog. I’ve slightly modified this version. —...
by Chris Labatt-Simon | Aug 19, 2015 | Innovation, Strategy
Newspapers and magazines always felt that when the Internet came around they could continue to survive on print editions. Wrong. Journalism lives, but the printed word on paper continues to decline as more and more periodicals move to an online-only approach. Trickle...
by Chris Labatt-Simon | Sep 20, 2011 | Innovation, Risk, Strategy
Albert Einstein once said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Why is it that so many businesses today are strictly focused on cost cutting as opposed to internal innovation? Please...
by Chris Labatt-Simon | Jun 30, 2011 | Innovation, Strategy
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” – Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 IBM was the market leader in technology throughout the years with their market status really only declining in the 1990’s. If IBM still only...