Florentine Opera Company innovates to survive pandemic COVID-19 wreaked havoc on our economy and ended the life of many businesses forever. Now more than ever it has required business leaders to innovate. Imagine you’re the new CEO of an organization having taken the reins in a turnaround situation when the previous leader abruptly departed. You’re…
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Sendik’s game plan to compete with larger grocers WHAT DO YOU DO if you’re in a highly competitive industry and you are taking on giants who have the advantage of pricing because of their size? Sendik’s Food Market, since its inception in 1926, has competed with giants in the local grocery industry including: Kohl’s, Roundy’s,…
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COULD YOU HAVE EVER GUESSED that when you are using a Bravo kitchen paper towel or Toolbox shop towels that they were manufactured right here in Milwaukee by Sellars Absorbent Materials Inc.? Sellars was started in 1985 by its president and founder, John Sellars, in his Milwaukee home. John was soon joined by his brother Bill as vice president of technology and manufacturing and…
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Innovate or Die: Design Thinking Works One of the most dramatic developments in the creation of a new product or a new service to customers is to begin with the customer and build innovation around “design thinking”. Jeanne Liedtka, a professor at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, wrote in an article in…
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