March 2013

March 26, 2013

Retail’s New Industrial Revolution

By Doug Stephens Earlier this year while at the National Retail Federation Conference in New York, I listened to Walmart U.S. President Bill Simon talk at […]
March 14, 2013

The Real Competition Isn’t Your Competitors

By Doug Stephens In the old age of business the goal for most companies was continuous improvement. The idea was to keep the engines of innovation […]
March 11, 2013

The Perils of Surveying the Unknown

By Doug Stephens For years my parents lived without air conditioning in their home or cars.  That seems almost unbelievable today, but they did so because […]