What Before SWOT?
An article I had published last year is the featured article for the Better Boards magazine this month. It asks what you should do before you even think about doing a SWOT analysis on "Strategy Day". Preparing for Strategic Planning There is a story about the tourist...
NZ Must up Power game -Transpower
The Government is encouraging new car buyers to buy electric vehicles. This is great until we run short of power and just like your hot water can be turned off when demand exceeds supply so will your charging station be reduced. Transpower’s press release: Transpower...
Was the rainfall in Jan 2023 climate change?
Look at the comparison of rainfall between 2023 and the 30 year average. It was a bad first half -and then about average. Last January we had over 130 mm more than this year. That’s almost 4 times more than normal. This year we are back to normality. A year ago, the...
Baby Names
In January we read that the “Department of Internal Affairs is delighted to announce the release of the annual list of the most popular baby names in New Zealand for 2023”. In 2023 37889 babies were given 18666 first names. What can we learn about our country from...
YOUR STRATEGY IN THE CURRENT ECONOMY
Happy New (Financial) Year!
This month we do a deep dive into some key economic indicators that will inform what you need to do in your organisation to stay resilient over the next 18 months or so.
I also report back on my first six months as a counsellor on the Regional Council. Happy to get your comments about whether I am making progress for you.
UNDERSTANDING INFLATION
UNDERSTANDING INFLATION
This month we take a deep dive into inflation.
Many of you will know that I have an economics background and inflation is one of those things which has caused great angst to economists over the decades. Milton Friedman said:
“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output.”.
WHERE ARE THE MISSING BULLET HOLES IN YOUR BUSINESS? -IT’S WHAT YOU DON’T SEE THAT MATTERS
THIS MONTH I tell a story about World War II and how it relates to your business. Clue: It has to do with the holes you don’t have.
Then I ask if New Zealand is really the great trading nation that we have come to believe.
As always I have a bank of statistics for you to have a look at. Are the Australians arriving yet? How many business closures have there been this month? Have kiwis opened their wallets to spend on credit cards?
It’s all there in this month’s Strategic Newsletter from Stellaris.
BACK TO BASICS -BORING OLD SWOT ANALYSIS
BACK TO BASICS -BORING OLD SWOT ANALYSIS
This month we go back to basics: the boring old SWOT analysis. But why has this 50 year old strategic tool stood the test of time?
Then in the statistical conundrum I ask if you are the chicken or the Man! Don’t blame me -it’s all Bertrand Russel’s idea…
And then, of course, we have the stable of statistics updated for this week’s GDP numbers.