The Consulting Garage

10/24/2021

The bullwhip effect on supply and demand from the pandemic is escalating. Not good. It is not over. Supply disruptions and delays will be the new normal in the near future.
The Logistics CEO who toured the port backup in Long Beach described it well.

As port congestion worsens, local officials and logistics executives are seeking ways to alleviate clogs. The City of Long Beach issued a statement on Friday that it will temporarily permit additional container stacking. The policy came after a logistics CEO took to Twitter to make suggestions follo...

06/18/2021

A healthy new market for previously untapped publishing literary rights, including future royalties shares, is coming.

Literary Rights Deal Advisor A healthy market for previously untapped publishing Literary Rights, including future royalty shares, is coming. Book publishing is now attractive to non-traditional literary rights investors. This new demand for literary rights will drive major deals for authors that ar...

11/07/2019

As the end of the year approaches, businesses, even small ones, should assess where they are and plan for next year.

The Consulting Garage scales the process to the size and complexity of your business, whether you are one or many.

Enter your strategic arena with our help.

01/03/2019

Happy New Year!

11/22/2018

Happy thanksgiving 🍁🦃🍽

05/02/2018

Download my latest white paper Supply Chain Digital Transformation Opportunities For Publishers

05/02/2018

Register for a free webinar with my friend Michelle Weir and I talking about next generation print to order and a new framework for publishing inventory

Date: 16 May | 3PM London/10AM New YorkThe future of publishing. Now. Click to watch the video! Many of the book publishing business models that worked for decades no longer drive profitability, let alone growth. But publishers face huge obsta

04/21/2018

Ready to speak in London 4/10

04/21/2018

My new white paper published by HP.

10/26/2017

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10/07/2017

The Strategic Arena
Where your business is put to the test

Every business exists in an environment: a combination of people, place, product, and other factors. Some factors, such as weather or laws, are common to all businesses in an area, while other factors are unique based on the attributes of the business itself.

All businesses have limited resources, so they must identify, then prioritize, the most critical factors in their environment. Like living organisms in an ecosystem, a business’s survival and success depends upon making the most of its resources to adapt to ever-changing conditions.

Enter your Strategic Arena
Your business has a portfolio of critical factors that define the strategic arena in which you compete. Identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing your factors is necessary for your business to grow or remain strong. Working with you, we explore your environment.

Through expert facilitation, The Strategic Arena model guides you through an interactive assessment targeting the 21 factors that directly impact your business.

Use your insights to set priorities

Our assessment process reveals the factors that have maximum impact on your business. Our clients have found that targeting each critical factor in sequence triggers heightened awareness and helps generate insight. Insight, in turn, helps them gain clarity about the most strategic way forward, step by step.

Take strategic actions

The Strategic Arena assessment results provide the input. Then we help you identify, examine, and sequence potential actions to impact your top priorities. As you implement these actions, we advise you to hold regular reviews and make needed adjustments. When an action is complete and a priority factor addressed, then you cycle to your next priority.

Contact us to manage your Strategic Arena

Start to manage your strategic arena. The Consulting Garage’s Strategic Management Process directs your focus to your top strategic actions.

Your first strategic action is to contact The Consulting Garage. Schedule a call today: email [email protected] or submit the details requested on our Contact page .

10/07/2017

Has your business stalled? If it’s time for a tune up, The Consulting Garage is open.

Is your business stuck in a rut? Have your results reached a plateau, or are they declining?
Do you have management issues that are impeding progress?
Do you know the areas that require the most urgent attention?
Do you know which next steps to take to improve your business?

Whether your business has one or one hundred employees, we provide you with strategic advice and action steps based on your situation.