A look at a select few companies and a comparison of Opportunity mindset vs Results driven mindset of leadership teams. Jamie Dimon is a classic example of Results driven mindset. Larry Ellison is a classic example of Opportunity driven mindset. Both leaders have a leading edge of systems thinking. They seek answers…
Disciplined vs Systematic
Disciplined vs Systematic mindset of leaders in a select list of companies. A sample of 22,500+ leaders (titles include Director, President and/or Chief). No wrong or right answer. Each company needs different mindsets to operate in the environment they are in. Too much can serious impact performance. For example, too…
Ability versus motivation of the customer
I have been thinking about customers in terms of their motivation. You can connect that concept to their personality traits. One person’s personality might look at a ‘job to be done’ as very hard to accomplish while another sees the ‘job to be done’ as easy. Maybe, an example is…
When getting your business ready for change where do you start?
Here’s some thoughts that might make sense. Step 1: Figure out who your leaders are and figure out what their mission and vision is. A lot of times we ‘hear words’ but they don’t reflect the true meaning and desire of the leadership of the organization. Is the mission and…
Measured performance in an uncertain world
In reference to the above, when you’re going through this cycle the goal should be to learn more, have clear ideas that are based on quantifiable expectations of underserved needs. This allows you to build precisely. By doing these things ahead of time you will speed up the process. The code will go a…
Does geography & profession impact personality?
Whenever you’re researching a market by geography, there will likely be a limited set personality traits based on functional characteristics of your Market. For example, imagine doctors that live in a certain region of the United States. I found that in discrete areas there were three primary traits of doctors…
Data-driven decision making without data
How do you make decisions when the data does not support what you intuitively know. Data-driven decision making is a great idea and it works really well when there’s stability. But how do you deal with things when stability doesn’t exist? There is always a lack of perfect data. Those…
How your cutomers’ personalities affect your entire business
How are you feeling? Nope, not a personality question. Behaviors? Temporary. What are you like? Yes, that is a hint at personality. What did you buy last week, what did you click on….. no. What will you buy in a year? Personality driven. Personality is the combination of traits that…
The personality of your customers in each state
Each State has a variety of personality types. Some States have more types than others. If you look at the distribution of types of personality by State you have to wonder how this translates to your business? Do you have this same diversity by State? It turns out, likely not….
By Arranging Our Multiple Personalities, You Could Win A Million Dollar Date
Alphabetically, size, price, type, similarity, and even random are just some of the ways companies with large distribution centers arrange their warehouses in order to optimize time between order creation and fulfillment. Similar to how UPS revolutionized the logistics of home delivery with their “no left turn” strategy; is there…