by Jeff Yablon | Feb 13, 2017 | Business Change Highlights
I’m a big fan of thinking differently. It sometimes lands me in trouble but is also where most of our business here comes from. And while there are similarities, I’m not talking about an Apple-style “think different”. At least, not usually....
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 10, 2017 | Business Process, Customer Service
There’s a place in the world for standards. In fact, there are lots of places where standards do everybody a ton of good. But when someone else forces a standard on you for reasons that may or may not work for you, standards feel pretty much like being whomped...
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 7, 2017 | Business Process
There’s a right way and a wrong way to do pretty much everything. Or … there can be multiple right ways, but you need to identify one and use it. And stay away from the wrong way. I could stop there, but you know me better than that. In all seriousness,...
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 3, 2017 | Business Change Highlights, Business Process
In all the years we’ve been putting out business process and business change content, Richard Branson’s only come up here once—and not for anything good. But Sir Richard has a long history of doing business the right way and taking care of his people. So...
by Jeff Yablon | Jan 30, 2017 | Customer Service
More every day, the most important process you can tweak in growing your business is honing your customer service. Not a little—a lot—with a laser focus on what’s working and what isn’t. Look at it every day. Improve it every day. And for Pete’s...