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Apr 2
2 min

Steady Hand...or Street Fight

Part of small business strategy during uncertainty is having the right mindset. Most of my clients – especially those in the B2B tech spa...

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Phimation Strategy Group

Apr 1
2 min

A Coming Inflection Point?

I think the Initial COVID-19 Crisis will end the weekend of April 17, or the week of April 20 at the latest. I don’t mean that the battl...

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Phimation Strategy Group

Mar 31
1 min

Readiness, Agility & Resilience: The Different Faces of Flex Capacity

As I was writing my ebook on Strategy During Uncertainty, I started with the concept of Agility – the ability to flex when needed. And th...

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Phimation Strategy Group

Mar 20
2 min

Winning the Uncertainty

Access my ebook on Strategy in Times of Survival at the bottom of this page Surviving Uncertainty is much simpler than Winning Uncertaint...

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Phimation Strategy Group

Mar 15
2 min

The Importance of Judgment

In this previous post, I described the Business Growth Stack. You’ll notice that Management appears twice. The dual-role that Management...

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Phimation Strategy Group

Mar 13
3 min

The Business Growth Stack, and The Role of Judgment

There is a lot of conversation these days about Business Operating Systems, which have generated great productivity improvements for many...

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Phimation Strategy Group

Dec 9, 2019
3 min

Ebenezer Scrooge Teaches Strategic Planning

Picture this… A friend of yours runs a successful Stage 2 business – but is also frustrated that things aren’t going as well as he’d like...

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