All posts by pflefler

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Is your innovation culture "all hat, no cattle?" Blog 2012-05-11 537 0 Innovation
The $454.63 cookbook reigns supreme Blog 2012-05-02 335 0 Innovation
The New Lanchester Strategy revisited Blog 2012-04-18 475 0 Leadership
Pizza price war hits Manhattan Blog 2012-04-11 202 0 Innovation
The best way to frame a discount Blog 2012-04-06 439 0 Sales Performance
What today's CEO can learn from John Wooden Blog 2012-03-30 417 0 Leadership
Customers don't care about your stinking costs Blog 2012-03-27 375 0 Customer Loyalty, Innovation
More on the power of FREE Blog 2012-03-14 502 0 Innovation
Paid subscriptions versus the power of free Blog 2012-03-08 385 0 Customer Loyalty
The importance of effective feedback Blog 2012-02-14 546 0 Leadership
Why innovators need to think like Dick Fosbury Blog 2012-02-09 523 0 Innovation
Dynamic pricing and the $135 cab fare Blog 2012-01-18 1,174 1 Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Innovation
Lessons learned from Verizon's $2 convenience fee fiasco Blog 2012-01-04 774 0 Leadership, Social Business, Innovation
Don't confuse change with innovation Blog 2011-12-15 838 0 Innovation
Dynamic pricing hits Broadway...is the end of the world far behind? Blog 2011-11-30 603 0 Innovation
Pay what you feel like... Blog 2011-11-15 489 0 Innovation
Strategy lessons from the Battle of Midway Blog 2011-11-10 823 0 Leadership
Is H-P back in the PC business for the right reasons? Blog 2011-10-29 694 0 Leadership
John Wooden remembered; his leadership lesson for today's CEO Blog 2011-10-14 692 0 Leadership
Would H-P enter the PC business if it wasn’t already in it today? Blog 2011-10-13 769 0 Leadership
Are traditional book publishers ready for oncoming meteor? Blog 2011-09-14 935 0 Digital Marketing
Dynamic pricing hits the big leagues Blog 2011-09-08 724 0 Sales Performance
MoviePass’ Pricing Innovation Challenge Blog 2011-08-31 927 0 Sales Performance, Innovation
Amazon to feast on Groupon? Blog 2011-08-03 1,017 0 Social Business, Innovation
OpenTable and Savored partner for discrete discounting Blog 2011-07-27 959 0 Sales Performance
Netflix price hike - a deliberate strategy to shape customer behavior Blog 2011-07-21 1,369 0 Customer Process, Customer Strategy
The innovative business Blog 2011-07-14 1,011 0 Innovation
One pricing question every salesperson needs to answer... Blog 2011-06-29 854 0 Sales Performance, Innovation
Is it a Lincoln...or a reincarnation of the Cadillac Cimarron? Blog 2011-06-22 1,191 0 Innovation
Apple’s questionable pricing strategy Blog 2011-06-08 990 0 Innovation
Leadership lessons from the Marine Corps Blog 2011-06-03 990 0 Leadership, Innovation
Wishful thinking - the greatest enemy of today’s entrepreneur Blog 2011-06-01 871 0 Innovation
Never underestimate the power of stories Blog 2011-05-18 788 0 Innovation
Get out of the office; talk to your customers Blog 2011-05-13 1,437 1 Sales Performance, Innovation
David didn’t beat Goliath with a whiteboard... Blog 2011-05-10 947 0 Innovation
Winning or losing...what is the more powerful emotion? Blog 2011-05-04 1,024 0 Innovation
A price war for book publishers? Blog 2011-04-29 1,003 0 Innovation
You have to play to win... Blog 2011-04-27 704 0 Innovation
A stark contrast in leadership and accountability... Blog 2011-04-22 1,093 0 Leadership, Innovation
Does value follow price? Blog 2011-04-19 867 0 Innovation
Innovate with price Blog 2011-04-15 1,108 0 Innovation
Problem solving and asking "why?” five times Blog 2011-04-12 1,186 0 Innovation
Innovation and the importance of critical thinking... Blog 2011-04-08 1,387 0 Innovation
Stanley Bogdan; fly-fishing innovator extraordinaire... Blog 2011-04-06 1,254 0 Innovation
Talk to your customers; find out what they don't want Blog 2011-04-01 1,099 0 Voice of Customer, Innovation
So much for the NYTimes online pricing discipline... Blog 2011-03-29 1,153 0 Customer Experience, Innovation
Dissecting the NY Times online pricing model... Blog 2011-03-25 1,035 0 Digital Marketing, Innovation
Motorola’s Xoom matches iPad price...but drops the ball on defining value Blog 2011-03-18 1,221 0 Innovation
Full Court Press: A John Wooden lesson for today’s CEO Blog 2011-03-15 693 0 Leadership, Innovation
Don't confuse execution with tactics... Blog 2011-03-11 1,028 0 Leadership, Innovation
Innovation requires execution...not creativity Blog 2011-03-08 1,442 0 Innovation
Have frequent flier programs lost their way? Blog 2011-03-04 1,042 0 Customer Loyalty, Innovation
The innovative wizard of Sony Blog 2011-03-01 1,117 0 Innovation
Wanting what you can not have... Blog 2011-02-26 897 0 Innovation
Innovation in our cities; easier said than done Blog 2011-02-23 876 0 Government / Public Sector, Innovation
Emory Bellard’s innovative lesson for college football...and life Blog 2011-02-15 680 0 Innovation
When DEC was the king of innovation... Blog 2011-02-11 1,211 2 Innovation
Innovation is not pixie dust... Blog 2011-02-08 1,023 0 Innovation
Charles Kaman: Helicopter innovator and acoustic guitar inventor Blog 2011-02-04 1,452 0 Innovation
The most innovative passenger ship ever Blog 2011-02-02 1,046 0 Innovation
Four keys to a sucessful freemium model Blog 2011-01-28 1,292 0 Digital Marketing
The pitfalls of having nonpaying customers Blog 2011-01-25 914 0 Sales Performance
LivingSocial promotes Amazon...or is it the other way around? Blog 2011-01-21 1,106 0 Digital Marketing
Why you need to ignore cost during your initial pricing discussion... Blog 2011-01-18 887 0 Sales Performance
Incremental innovation...and the evolution of sailing ships Blog 2011-01-13 1,308 0 Innovation
Will merchants still feel the love for Groupon a year from now? Blog 2011-01-11 1,952 0 Innovation
William Taylor and golf’s greatest innovation Blog 2011-01-06 1,450 0 Innovation
Innovation and creative destruction Blog 2010-12-30 1,073 0 Innovation
Understanding value Blog 2010-12-29 1,271 0 Sales Performance
Incorporating loss aversion into your sales pitch Blog 2010-12-21 1,310 0 Sales Performance
The pricing model change for broadband Blog 2010-12-10 771 0 Digital Marketing, Customer Experience
Managing Failure with ‘skin in the game’ Blog 2010-12-08 913 0 Leadership
Managing failure Blog 2010-12-07 812 0 Leadership
Is Amazon’s Prime Service worth $79? Blog 2010-12-02 1,811 0 Customer Experience
How Malcom McLean saved the shipping industry Blog 2010-11-29 1,201 0 Innovation
Here's how Netflix's pricing model reinforces strategy changes Blog 2010-11-23 1,933 2 Sales Performance, Digital Marketing
Cyrus McCormick's real innovation Blog 2010-11-22 1,670 0 Innovation
Fosbury's innovative flop Blog 2010-11-17 1,137 0 Innovation
Basketball’s disruptive innovation Blog 2010-11-15 1,548 0 Innovation
Technicolor’s innovative beginnings...and its reinvention today Blog 2010-11-11 1,163 0 Innovation
Polavision - Polaroid's disruptive innovation failure Blog 2010-11-10 2,427 0 Innovation
Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire - a must read Blog 2010-11-08 928 1 Innovation
Cadillac’s other product management disaster - the 1986 Eldorado Blog 2010-11-06 940 0 Innovation
A look back at Cadillac's product marketing disaster Blog 2010-11-05 2,307 0 Innovation
Interesting look at 2009 corporate innovation spending Blog 2010-11-05 1,607 0 Innovation
The man who innovated the postal service Blog 2010-10-15 1,202 0 Innovation
From schoolteacher to innovator: the man who changed the ski industry Blog 2010-10-13 1,094 0 Innovation
The accidental innovator...and its impact on IKEA Blog 2010-10-12 1,413 0 Innovation
Perfect example of low tech innovation Blog 2010-10-11 1,273 0 Innovation
Innovation is both conceptual and perceptual Blog 2010-10-06 1,095 1 Innovation
Sorry NY Times...but installment plans are not innovation Blog 2010-10-05 1,492 0 Financial Services, Innovation
All warfare is based on deception Blog 2010-09-29 1,096 0 Leadership
Make yourself obsolete or your competitors will Blog 2010-09-28 1,350 0 Innovation
Dangerous assumptions for pricing Blog 2010-09-27 727 0 Leadership
The final key to success for value-based pricing Blog 2010-09-23 1,525 0 Sales Performance
The second key to success for value-based pricing Blog 2010-09-22 866 0 Sales Performance
The first key to success for value-based pricing Blog 2010-09-21 988 0 Sales Performance
Where do I belong? It needs to be answered by all start-up founders Blog 2010-09-20 1,443 0 Leadership
How to fail in your differentiated pricing strategy Blog 2010-09-13 1,598 0 Sales Performance
SpruanceQuarterly Summer 2010 has hit the press... Blog 2010-09-09 1,869 0 Leadership, Sales Performance, Innovation

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