The Current — Volume #014
Welcome — our goal is to provide a roundup of key stories and trends influencing the business landscape in the Sunshine State. We’ll bring the goods with strategies, tools, content, and tactics to help you visualize the future and chart the path to positive outcomes.
And of course, a few fun conversation starters for the (virtual) water cooler. Away we go.
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Looking Back on 2020
This past year has brought more change and uncertainty than any other in our lifetimes. The coronavirus pandemic has raged across the world, taking lives, crippling businesses, and generally changing the way we live and work. While many of us are excited for the clock to strike midnight on Friday and to turn the page to a new year, we think it is important to take some time to pause and reflect.
As consultants, we are in the business of providing answers to our clients; but as the end of the year approaches (especially a year like 2020) we believe it is more important to shift our focus to asking the right questions.
Good questions lead to clear goals, measurable strategies, and attainable plans that deliver the results we aim to achieve.
As the year ends, here are a couple of questions we are thinking about:
1. What are we trying to accomplish? And more importantly, why are we trying to accomplish it?
2. What worked last year?
3. What did not work?
4. How should we evolve in 2021?
5. What should we double-down on?
6. What should we stop doing?
7. What are the most important questions we need to answer in 2021?
As you think about the most important questions to answer for yourself and your business heading into 2021, we hope that our writing is a source of inspiration. Below is a list of every blog post that we authored in 2020. We discussed a wide array of topics including specific industries, business strategy, team building, management, and many ideas in-between.
· Building a great team in 2021
· Black Friday 2020, Ecommerce, and the Path Forward
· Searching for your next job during a pandemic
· Start small and go long: an iterative approach to innovation
· Double clicking on differentiation
· Communication principles for a remote world
· Patient engagement in a digital world
· Designing the workplace post COVID
· Hotels, COVID, and the path forward
· The post-crisis opportunity for community banks in Florida
We hope that some of our writing has helped you navigate the uncertainty of 2020, and are looking forward to growing this community with great content in the 2021!
Happy Holidays!
Maybe You’re Wondering, “Who is Slalom?”
Slalom is a local-first company. With an 8,000-person international presence, we launched in Florida last Fall with the goal of becoming a driving force in our local community.
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