“Any given day at The MEK Group may involve helping an international medical manufacturing services company expand and capture U.S. market share, developing a premium brand and ad campaign for a communications enterprise, organizing industry leaders and academics to advance a technology region, or...Read More
Do you possess the intellectual, emotional and mental bandwidth to be a leader? Are you a brilliant systems thinker? The corporate culture driver? The executive setting priorities? From my 1980 MBA days at Cal State Los Angeles to multiple seminars and presentations, books and journal articles, I thought...Read More
Back in the 20th century when commercial broadcast television first became viable, media buying and planning to support brand development was simple: you just had to have a seven figure budget. Then you could roadblock commercials on the three available networks (ABC, CBS and NBC), collect your 15% commission...Read More
It’s not fair, but it’s true. Upon meeting a person for the first time, we form a lasting first impression that we will carry with us until a nearly overwhelming amount of counter information leads us to believe otherwise. And it all happens within seven seconds. The saying “You only get one chance...Read More
“We did not develop this medicine [Nexavar] for Indians, we developed it for western patients who can afford it.” These inflammatory words, uttered by Bayer AG Chairman Marijn Dekkers at a Financial Times global pharmaceutical forum last month, have flared into an international firestorm,...Read More
First, the bottom line: According to the Jan. 27-Feb. 2 print edition of BusinessWeek: “Money velocity is at an all-time low, which usually signals growth.” Second: “We’re simply not going to get inflation,” declares a former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. How does...Read More
What quality, type and depth of healthcare with be available for one million Indiana rural residents in 2014 and beyond? Healthcare changes — including unfriendly elements that could dramatically impact the quality of care available in rural areas — are coming to Indiana. Top federal, Indiana...Read More
In January 2014, where are the busiest airports with the most international traffic? In days of old one might have listed London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Rome the like. According to Fortune magazine, London (Heathrow) is still the top global airport for international travellers. But who’s...Read More
