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The curse of strategic planning templates

By Ben Ramsden on March 22, 2013

The curse of strategic planning templates

Strategic planning is a thinking rather than doing based activity. Because most businesses are operational, planners often try to “make things easy” by turning it into an operational task.

How changed are you?

By Ben Ramsden on January 30, 2013

How changed are you?

I recently met Charlie*. The business in which he works is undertaking a major transformation. The most significant point for me was not the plan, but his attitude to it. Charlie explained “we need to structurally reduce our costs in order to compete. The business is not yet sufficiently serious about this so I’m not […]

This man has a problem with his $11bn severance package

By Ben Ramsden on January 25, 2013

This man has a problem with his $11bn severance package

David Thodey, Telstra CEO, has $11bn burning a hole in his pocket. I am referring to the payment Telstra will receive from the government as its hands over it’s traditional business to the National Broadband Network Company. It’s a bit like a gigantic severance package – here’s $11bn for you to go and pursue other […]

Transform between the flags!

By Ben Ramsden on January 18, 2013

Transform between the flags!

Summertime brings the seasonal “swim between the flags” warnings to beach goers. Swimmers often get into difficulty by venturing into an unseen rip, or assuming that their capabilities are more than adequate for the conditions. It is remarkably similar in the business world.

Designing the NBN menu – food or meals?

By Ben Ramsden on August 25, 2009

Designing the NBN menu – food or meals?

October is traditionally the month when the streets of Beijing fill with cabbages. Everywhere truck loads of them are being shipped into the city and distributed to the population who eagerly take them home and squirrel them away. Large stockpiles can be seen on balconies, pavements and against walls covered by makeshift tarpaulin. To the […]

Vodafone & Hutchison – merge or wither

By Ben Ramsden on May 14, 2009

Vodafone & Hutchison – merge or wither

When our local ice-cream parlour closed down recently there was much disappointment within the local community. “We’ll have to buy our ice-creams from McDonald’s next door instead” many people said with a sigh. The parlour’s ice-cream was nice, but not sufficiently compelling to enough people to compete against other local vendors. The business was unprofitable […]

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