Will the dog survive in the long run Along with Blockbuster and other prominent high street retailers HMV collapsed into administration after struggling to compete against cut-price supermarket offers and internet downloads. When it collapsed HMV...
Are physical retail chains facing extinction Are physical retail chains facing extinction, to be replaced by online retail? Despite several retailers’ overall net-profit decline and the disappearance of certain stores altogether, the high street remains...
Disruptive change is sweeping traditional bricks and mortar. In the retail arms race, e-commerce seems to be winning. Here are some major disruptive change trends driving traditional bricks and mortar towards the "grave": #1 – A losing cost...
Stores suffer from “browsers” Disruptive change is sweeping bricks and mortar and many stores suffer from “browsers” – consumers who visit shops to compare goods, only to return home to buy their goods online at...
Blockbuster simply couldn't compete Blockbuster is one of several High Street names to have come under pressure in recent times - particularly from online competitors. Among them are camera chain Jessops, which has gone into...
An intimate understanding of the human side Successful transformation requires an intimate understanding of the human side - the companies culture, values, people and behaviors must be changed to deliver the desired results. As change...
The disruptive change storm is raging unabated: Bricks and mortar disrupted by the internet - HMV, Blockbuster, Jessops, Comet, Boders etc. - Can anything stop the internet from huffing and puffing and blowing brick and mortar down?...
Businesses with engaged employees perform better Why is employee engagement important to businesses? It’s simple: Businesses with more engaged employees perform better - companies with highly sustainable engagement have higher operating margin of their less-engaged peers....
Change is not the problem - resistance to change is the problem Leaders can't control much of the world changing around them, but they can control how they respond to how employees feel about a...
Communication is key to execute a change management project. Believing that your team will implement change without fully understanding the objectives or the reasons for the change will lead to failure. How to prepare an...
Internal change management communication People in the organization may need to hear a message over and over before they believe that this time, the call for change is not just a whim or a passing...
Change the organizational culture, change the game Can organizational culture be changed - key lessons from culture change What does it take to build a strong culture? That's a tough question. Too many organisations go...
