Category Archives: Better Business

Tech has its plusses…but not as many as is commonly imagined. A trip to the Moulin Rouge in Paris might help explain…

Most businesses, most of the time, want to keep their costs as low as possible. Their not entirely unreasonable thinking is that if revenues remain the same, and costs go down, mathematically, profits must go up.

Don’t confuse taking action with getting you the results you want.

Sometimes taking action just gets you results you most definitely do not want…the problem is it’s likely to be a few months before the chickens come home to roost, and by then it might be too late to change course.

So, when deciding whether to “do something” or “stand there”, choose wisely.

The finances of many organisations today…perhaps including yours…are organised much like the Victorians organised their factories.

While it’s tempting to want to be perfect, perfection comes at a cost – often a cost that negates any potential benefits from pursuing that perfection.

Numbers alone only get you so far. After a while, you probably need more qualitative information, external to your organisation. That’s often where the real information lies.

As the business world has become more and more metric-focused over the years, it’s becoming ever-more apparent that just having more metrics at your disposal does not make businesses better.

Be careful what you wish for…especially when you’re trying to optimise the performance of your organisation.

Processes can bring business benefits. But, remarkably often, they don’t. Here’s how to spot them and what to do about them.

Do you make business decisions in the future or in the past? The difference to the success of your business can be substantial.