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NASCAR Is Struggling…But What Can They Do?

January 18, 2017
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I’ve seen a lot of articles floating around the Internet recently about the struggles of NASCAR: failing teams, declining revenues, bottoming out attendance. If you poke around any kind of live entertainment, this is a challenge that isn’t unique for a lot of entertainment options. Anytime you see, 21 of 23 tracks have a big […]

Are You Measuring The Right Things?

January 17, 2017
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This map from the 2008 presidential election tells a story, but it isn’t likely telling you the entire story. You see this is a map that shows the voting by counties, and while the representation is accurate, it doesn’t tell you a complete story because it doesn’t account for population. This map tells another story. […]

The future of live entertainment is going to look like….

January 16, 2017
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For much of my life, I have been in and around live entertainment, events, and sports. Which makes the future of live events something that I think about pretty regularly. As I have sat here watching a bunch of different sports and entertainment stories take over our cultural dialogue over the past few weeks, it […]

The costs of inertia

January 15, 2017
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There’s a theme here lately, I think… Its about change and inertia. I know exactly why I am thinking along these lines because I live in Washington, DC and anytime we have an election, we talk about change and inertia. Now with the change from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, that’s some serious change. One […]

Are You Stuck In Neutral?

January 14, 2017
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As we sit here, still looking at the puppy stages of a new year…one of the ideas that comes back to me over and over again is: “is your business stuck in neutral?” Or, “are you looking at things the same way that you have always looked at them?” Yesterday I had a conversation with […]

Change Looks Like…

January 13, 2017
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A new perspective A different frame for a problem Bringing in new perspectives Offering up new value Offering up a different price point Changing delivery method Changing deliver time Changing outcomes Changing measures of success

Death To The Paint By Number Job…

January 12, 2017
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There was a lot of interesting things that came out of President Obama’s farewell address this week. One of the most interesting is when he talked about the shape of the changing economy and how it is impacting everyone. When you combine that with this concept that many traditionally Democratic voters voted for Donald Trump […]