Ideas and Tools

This is an index of a whole range of ideas, tools, techniques and business best practice of interest to creative and cultural enterprises and those supporting them.

 

Co-opetition

Why you should help your competitors.   more

 

The 95:5 Rule (derived from Pareto's 80:20 Rule)

Distinguishing the important few from the trivial many.   more

 

The Long Tail

How the 'trivial many' can become the 'important many'.   more

 

Level 5 Leadership

The best leaders aren't always 'charismatic'. more

 

Creativity and Business

An excerpt from T-Shirts and Suits'. more

 

The Financial Dashboard

The things to watch as you drive your enterprise.

 

Seven Steps to Success

It can all be boiled down to seven simple steps... more

 

Creating 'Interprises'

How to make successful collaborations between enterprises. more

 

What Marketing really means...

An excerpt from T-Shirts and Suits'. more

 

Six Leadership Styles

Learning and using the six 'languages' of leadership. more

 

Saying No

Strategy also includes deciding what NOT to do. more

 

Inspirational Leadership

What people want from their boss is Inspiration. more

 

Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Understanding people as emotional as well as rational. more

 

Business Plans

Business plans must be based on a feasible business formula.  more

 

The Feasibility Filter

Selecting the most feasible options from all the possible ones.  more

 

The PRIMEFACT Checklist

Using the PRIMEFACT checklist for an internal analysis.  more

 

'Lateral Thinking' Leadership

The best leaders learn from outside their own industry. more

 

Glossary

A Glossary of terms used by creative businesses.  more

 

 

Note: This page is under development. Many more ideas and tools will be published here soon.