by Ian Smith | Sep 4, 2012 | Dashboards
As we struggle to manage our businesses in these challenging times, it’s so important to cut through the clutter and measure the right stuff. Then relentlessly follow through with actions on stuff that deserves your attention. So here are a few ideas – Things I...
by Ian Smith | Nov 19, 2010 | Dashboards, Operational Tips, Positioning drives growth, Repositioning
Simplifying things right down to the bare essentials is hard work. It is much easier to push on with that long report, long email, long draft speech, an overblown, ponderous, 40 page business plan than it is to write a one page executive summary. As a business owner...
by Ian Smith | Jul 25, 2010 | Dashboards, Operational Tips, Usage, Web Monitoring, WebWorxx
If you are really clever you can produce remarkable technology that is so cool you don’t have to worry about how people will use it. The iPad, Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia, Linux. I’m not saying the smart people that launched these technologies...
by Ian Smith | Jul 1, 2009 | Dashboards, Management Help, Strategy
As we struggle to manage our businesses in these challenging times, I’m a little surprised there is not much air-time given to – what we should be measuring and how we should use it. So here are a few ideas – Things I know about Management Dashboards: Monthly...