In Memory of Clayton Christensen

Clayton Christensen died on January 23, 2020, aged 67, Wikipedia. Clayton was a Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, and is famous for his theories of “Disruptive Innovation” and “Jobs To Be Done.” From all the accounts I have read and...

“I’ll have to man up” – what’s being communicated?

The pendulum of so-called political correctness has swung from the male chauvinist extreme towards the neutral position; continuing its trajectory and moving beyond neutral to the other extreme would be pointless, unhelpful, and with vigilance unlikely. My concern is...

Abandon

To abandon some endeavour does not feel a lot like success, but that’s just a point of view. There is a lot of merit in the belief that it is better to try and fail than to fail to try, and to then live out your life not knowing whether your idea (hypothesis) would...

Brand

From: Brands and Branding – What is a brand? by Tom Blackett, P13.The Oxford American Dictionary (1980) contains the following definition:Brand (noun): a trade mark, goods of a particular make: a mark of identification made with a hot iron, the iron used for...

Break Even

The break-even point is reached when your total sales revenue (total sales revenue = per unit price × number of units sold) completely covers all costs (both fixed and operational); this is the point where further sales result in profit being created.Clearly, you want...