The inertia principle or what it takes to deliver real change

The inertia principle or what it takes to deliver real change

“The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.” Elbert Hubbard. “The tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion varies with mass. Mass is that quantity that is solely dependent upon the inertia of...
The DNA of the evolving retail space

The DNA of the evolving retail space

Brian Walker Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code – with only 90% of the code riddled with errors. It’s very difficult in that case to understand and predict what that software code is going to do. – Elon Musk The DNA of...
What does the post Covid-19 retail landscape look like?

What does the post Covid-19 retail landscape look like?

 “A strategy is necessary because the future is unpredictable.” Robert Waterman As we come out of lockdown and move towards a more certain future, retailers are starting to think about what that future looks like, how have things changed and what do we need to do...
The Post COVID World – why physical shopping rules

The Post COVID World – why physical shopping rules

Brian Walker The collective unconscious consists of the sum of the instincts and their correlates, the archetypes. Just as everybody possesses instincts, so he also possesses a stock of archetypal images. – Carl Jung Redefine, reimagine, research, rebuild,...
Crossing the retail bridge to the new world

Crossing the retail bridge to the new world

Peter Sheppard As the unprecedented effects of the Covid-19 pandemic rapidly emerge, there are some things that we know will be relevant going forward. The following characteristics of retailers, if applied, will enhance the likelihood of getting ‘across the bridge’...