Geoff SmithThe Strategic Advantages of Getting Old(er)My wife and I have had this good natured debate from time to time around old(er) people — including those close to us. Everyone has had…Aug 10, 2016Aug 10, 2016
Geoff SmithWhat Business Are You In? (Does Anyone Actually Know?)A friend of mine, who enjoys driving me crazy, sent along a business column a few days ago. It was by a big time European consultant named…May 31, 2016May 31, 2016
Geoff SmithGetting Out Of The WayI have told this story often, but have never blogged about it. As much as any other, it’s the story of our culture.Apr 5, 2016Apr 5, 2016
Geoff SmithIgnoring Customers and Competitors (Strategic Planning Dissent — Part II)From everything I read, two pillars of effective strategic planning are intimate knowledge of your clients, and detailed analysis of your…Mar 30, 2016Mar 30, 2016
Geoff SmithIs Strategic Planning Good Strategy?Questioning the value of ‘Strategic Planning’ is sort of like criticizing Gandhi. I doubt there’s anything more hallowed in the hallways of…Mar 23, 20163Mar 23, 20163
Geoff SmithI Want to Run a Large Company. What Should I Study?Let me start by saying that I respect immensely the work that is being done every day by EllisDon’s great engineers, whose passion it is to…Mar 16, 20162Mar 16, 20162
Geoff SmithThe Mind Of The Pure EntrepreneurMy father Don, who founded EllisDon at 27, lived to be 89. He got to be pretty frail, but was always very sharp. And he never changed. If…Mar 8, 2016Mar 8, 2016
Geoff SmithCelebrating the “I” in Team“The Privilege Of A Life Is Being Who You Are” — Joseph CampbellMar 1, 20163Mar 1, 20163
Geoff SmithTrump, Sanders & The Morality Of BusinessI’m a Canadian, and this blogging of mine has no political agenda. It seeks merely to challenge some conventional — perhaps tired —…Feb 23, 2016Feb 23, 2016
Geoff SmithThe Trip Takes Us“We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip, the trip takes us.” — John SteinbeckFeb 16, 2016Feb 16, 2016
