by Carol Sanford | Aug 16, 2010 | Business Development
As I read three articles in close succession, I found a tough pull between three really important concerns. The Financial Times on August 11,( Alan Beattie in Washington and Alan Rappeport in New York) reported that the trade deficit has risen to its highest level in...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 9, 2010 | Business Development
1. How did the recession effect your business and your thinking about business? How do you see yourself as having responded differently than most businesses have? CollinsWoerman is a regional architectural firm employing approximately 100 people. The recession has hit...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 4, 2010 | Business Development
Monday, we talked about why and how to change our conception of growth in business and economic terms. For a business to create evolutionary growth, rather than only expansion or only a twist on the known offerings, it requires an organization built to innovate. To...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 2, 2010 | Business Development
Collins/Woermann is a developer in Seattle WA, who like others was extraordinarily affected by stagnation in the housing, office and industrial building sectors leaving them hit hard by the recession. But they did something different that gives a new pattern for...
by Carol Sanford | Mar 7, 2010 | Business Development
Let’s begin with a caveat. This will seem wrong to many of you. This is because it is not familiar and our brain prefers the familiar so it can conserve energy. Just remember this conservation is a threat to learning and discovery and particularly creativity and...