Seismic shifts in demand
Though over-hyping of strategy issues is unhelpful, some radical changes do need dealing with. In Taking Advantage of Tumultuous Times: Claiming the Future, Eamonn Kelly, a Monitor partner, highlights a few big shifts. Most of the discussion is general and it’s not clear exactly what management should do, but one issue - the vast numbers of emerging consumers - can be evaluated and built into strategic plans. There is a simple reason this trend can trigger ’siesmic shifts’ in demand - Read more
Greenspan, sub-prime and tipping points
Interesting to hear Alan Greenspan lay the blame for the scale of US troubles right at the door of the sub-prime idiocy. Since I commented on this, others have insisted it’s much more complicated than this - maybe , but don’t underestimate the power of that much misunderstood phenomenon – tipping points. Read more