A new book by George Cooper, “Money, Blood and Revolution”, uses William Harvey’s 17th century discovery of the circulation of the blood as an analogue for understanding the driving forces of a successful economy. The circulation of the blood brings … Read More
In preliterate, prenumerate societies – according to dubious sources – people only count “One, two, many”. It seems a little strange, given how much people everywhere use their fingers for keeping track of larger numbers and that most people have … Read More
In our Income/Outcome business acumen workshops we teach the difference between budgeting and forecasting from a top-down as opposed to a bottom-up process. In our view, top-down relates to forecasting results when the future sales are already known, and you … Read More
One of the current technological innovations which will have the greatest social impact is the introduction of driverless cars. Change will occur in stages. The first driverless cars will be more aware of their immediate environment than a human driver … Read More
For those who feel that the technological marvels foreseen in the 1950s have failed to materialize, the heartfelt cry is “Where’s my flying car?” Well, yes, the Terrafugia Transition is here. They’ll cost around $300,000 when they’re in regular production. … Read More
You get different benefits from attending an Income/Outcome workshop, depending on whether you are attending as an individual, as part of a team, or as part of an extensive rollout by your company. As an individual, you will learn “the … Read More
Business acumen: “Keenness and speed in understanding and deciding on a business situation.” The need for this is particularly strong when your industry is being unexpectedly disrupted. You might think that disruptions are essentially driven by technological change, and therefore usually only … Read More
In this series I’m using the Financial Times’ definition of business acumen as “keenness and speed in understanding and deciding on a business situation.” The word “acumen” means keenness, but in “business acumen” speed is also crucial, and is included in the definition. To … Read More
The lexicon of the Financial Times defines business acumen as “keenness and speed in understanding and deciding on a business situation.” It goes on to clarify: “In practice, people with business acumen are thought of as having business ‘sense’ or business ‘smarts’.” … Read More
For the third time in four years we congratulate Spain for producing the winning team in a top football championship. The real delight in watching them is the quality of their play – clean, generous and highly skilled. They play … Read More