E7: Innovate, Adapt, or Die

SHOW NOTES:

 

00:30: Welcome back! Thanks for subscribing and joining us again!

00:34: Kevin, what do you have on your head? Ref: Metaverse and Meta’s Horizon Worlds

02:09: In our first episode we talk some about the Disney dark years

02:20: What are we talking about today? 

03:00: What do you need to adapt, innovate and can your business really die?

03:58: Border’s Books, Barns & Noble and the comeuppance of Amazon Ref: Nook and Kindle Fire

06:10: What was the E-reader business turning point?

07:04: What’s right for my company? On innovating, adapting and choices

08:30: Are you using all of the customer data available to you?

09:19: How long do you have to predict a potential change in your business?

09:30: What happened to CNN+ ?

11:00: Let’s talk about risk tolerance and the ability to adapt with trends

12:00: On risk versus reward and data analysis 

13:40: You don’t have to be an innovator to be successful!

14:40: What business action plan is best for your brand; innovate or adapt?

16:00: How long does it take you to buy a car? On “Analysis Paralysis” 

17:30: Ask these 3 questions before you launch

19:08: On decision making and going with your gut instincts

19:38: Am I still in alignment with why I started this company?

20:11: More on Paralysis through Analysis

21:48: Are you keeping up on trends and using all of the available data? Ref: The Life of Brian

22:08: Is their Science behind going with your gut? What does that even mean?

23:28: What is 1,2,3, Go! And why should I use it?  #1...

24:39: #2

26:34: #3

27:17: On what it takes for an Ad Agency to “pitch”, and the risk versus potential ROI.

29:06: Kevin’s Five P’s 

30:18: Debbie on Michael Eisner and coming out of the “Disney dark years”

32:13: Ref: Field of Dreams movie. 

33:43: Adaptations born out of innovation. Ref: Disney hotels

34:49: Tech advice- knowing your customers, and wrap-up. Ref: heuristic learning

36:37: Wieden Kennedy’s “Fail Harder” motto 

 

37:05: Jimmy Dugin’s famous quote from “A League of Their Own” Movie quote link is HERE

37:39: The best piece of advice you’ll ever get!  (this week. we think.)

38:06: On next week’s episode we welcome our FIRST GUEST!

38:50: End credits

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