The fine line between overloaded and out-of-control is a delicate tightrope. we try to avoid this type of organisational pressure but we are seeing the temptation in some sectors by projects as opportunity returns. Focusing on the business temperature and key management stress points in your dashboards are critical to knowing the red line.
Record housing values and infrastructure spending is seeing the city transform live in front of all. Combined with a flush financial services sector, Sydney is now a key (rather than token) Asia market friend. The city continues to develop key relationships and gateways into Asia making it a key ingredient of Asia Strategy for Australian enterprises. Like it or not you need to add it to your Asia relationship mix.
Good Australia growth, teams and strategy are on the shopping list.
Horizon scenario analysis is picking up as global turmoil shows some signs of commerce settling and confidence increases. We are seeing more emphasis on h2h3 option analysis as projects think about chasing longer-term growth.
A recent horizon 3 review shows team bonus’s reached record levels 36 months after implementing a team strategy model. While a high margin business in professional services the practice has successfully pushed back on “traditional models” and are seeing the benefits of a high-performance culture which younger professionals are gravitating towards with speed.
Cardlytics recently discovered via data review of 120 million US bank accounts a swing to multiple studio use versus one gym membership for the active people. yoga. boot camp. pilates. yellowtheory. they asked why and got – because it is more fun. is choice the disrupter? we are using tech platforms bringing the shop front to the palm and releasing the power of choice across a lot more sectors than car and room hire. we are watching one now on a project in syd. will get back to you on results.
When market share is critical and working capital is limited, franchising can work as you loop in others equity – with cash and sweat. Over recent years though we have unwound more franchising models than created them because cash is more of a commodity and sweat prefers team based leverage models. It has us thinking PE is punching Franchising where it hurts.
Good old Gartner stands at the presentation table handing out the ribbons to the players who paid to play. Accurate? Relevant? Worth it? hard to say but we recently went around the block in the Gartner games on a project and one true value it did create was a high-performance culture across the group. Lift the standard – lift the team. We liked it.
Is your business what it is? Do you deliver fuel or collect valuable data for equipment makers or council planners? How should your strategy move you away from being a dinosaur to become a flying fish? Is the business one or three depending on how you package it? Is your culture ready to be a flying fish?
Did uber create the internet, payment gateways, GPS mapping, data analytics, comms platforms and rating systems or did it sticky tap a heap of partners together?