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5 Ways to Strengthen Your Strategic Planning This Year

Strategic planning is more than just a day out of the office to decide priorities. It’s an opportunity to align

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Xerox Macbook… it almost happened

In today's competitive business landscape, your brand is more than just a logo and a tagline; it's the soul of
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Why Your Company Needs Strategic Planning

A follow up to Valen’s Agile Way
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Unlocking Business Growth: When to Partner with a Brand Strategy Consultant

In today's competitive business landscape, your brand is more than just a logo and a tagline; it's the soul of
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Understanding different cultures is critical to the development of Global Strategy

Imagine walking but all you can do is look at your toes – it’s only a matter of time until
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End Gaming The Future of Food & Beverage – Channel Blur

There is one thing in common with this market disruption – Channel Blur. Channel Blurring is here now and will
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Gus Valen’s Agile Way

A perspective to apply Agile methodology in strategy, innovation, and market research
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How CPG Leaders Can Make Better Decisions

The truth is that too many smart consumer products leaders try to “tough-it-out,” thinking it is normal to make “hard”
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Don’t Simulate Good Decision-Making

Don’t risk making a decision in simulation mode where the results look good at first glance but the information presented
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Future of the Restaurant: A Memo to the Restaurant CEO

Imagine walking but all you can do is look at your toes – it’s only a matter of time until
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Brand Extension Must be Execution “Agnostic” at the Start

Extending a brand requires thinking through a holistic growth strategy prior to beginning a growth program execution.
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What Should You Expect From Top Strategy Consulting Firms?

Our Philosophy.  Strategy consulting is a critical resource for top leadership and their executives to: Provide an outside, unbiased perspective

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Make Wise Choices in Strategy and Innovation

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Segmentation is Critical for Insight

You are at a conference and a man is standing at the front of the room. He begins to present