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SWOT analysis
The SWOT analysis is probably the archetypal marketing or business planning tool, the origins for which seem have been lost in the mists of time. Some credit an American business thinker, a guy called Albert Humphrey, who worked at the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) for its invention. However,
Porter analysis
When to use it Porter’s Five Forces Model is another well-known, top-level, battle-hardened, often deployed tool for analysing the external competitive environment a business faces, but whereas PESTEL works at the macro-environmental level (looking at the issues beyond the control of the company), Porter works at a level below that,
PESTEL analysis
PESTEL analysis is probably one of the most well-known, top-level, battle-hardened and frequently deployed business planning tools – a great tool! PESTEL being an acronym for Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technological, Environmental and Legislation. When we first came across the tool (some 30 years ago) it was simply PEST analysis: the
Taming complexity, problem solving and introducing Ishikawa
If you have a serious problem, it’s critical to explore everything that might cause it, before you start thinking about solutions. Ishikawa, or cause-effect analysis, is a brilliant tool for doing just this. Cause and effect Most of us assume that the relationship between cause and effect is both simple
We’re a small company, why would anyone want to hack us?
No one wants to hear the words “You’ve been hacked”. A feeling of dread fills the pit of your stomach, and you wonder what the extent of the damage will be. You ask yourself questions like; Is it just the website? Have they hacked my email too? Has my website
The Pain – Parchment and White Gloves
“Ab antiquis ad novum, ad augendam scientiam et intellectum, et adoptionem in vitam” Translated from Latin as “from old to new, to increase knowledge and understanding, and adoption into life”. We often find organisations with documented management systems almost written on parchment and baring no relation to what actually
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