General Business Principles

(Truth)Fundamental truths that relate to and govern business.

The TOC Thinking Process: A Strategic Approach to Business Problem Solving

The TOC Thinking Process is an interactive, logic-based approach to problem solving that can be applied to the most complex of systems. We as people often don’t think through issues to the extent that we should. The Thinking Process brings to light the assumptions we make in our thinking habits, and illustrates the ramifications of […]

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How to Use Conflict Clouds for Business Problem Resolution

Every business has a conflict that won’t resolve. You keep investing in marketing, but cash is tight, so you pull back, so growth stalls, so you invest again. You know you need to hire, but you can’t afford to until revenue grows, and revenue won’t grow until you hire. These aren’t bad decisions. They’re conflict

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The Five Focusing Steps: A Simple Business Improvement Framework

As an individual you are your first business, and as your first business you must realize that continued adjustment and change is part of succeeding. Problems will always arise do to the change around you and your ability to accommodate the changes required can be made easier with a few simple steps. One of the

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How to Master Small Business Resource Management

As an entrepreneur or small business owner there is constantly a demand for three primary resources. The three resources are human capital (knowledge), financial capital (money), and time. Entrepreneurs have to find the balance on which to use in place of the other often a conflict can exists between spending time or spending money? With

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