Excellence in Business Communication, 13th Edition
Chapter 5. Planning Business Messages
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"A business model is an outline of how a company plans to make money with its product and customer base in a specific market.
"[Recently] we looked at several ways to brainstorm ideas.
"Let’s face it: ideas are a dime a dozen.
"In today’s lesson, were going to look at how to organize your ideas.
"Brainstorms can be painful and they’re not always productive, but The Onion has perfected an approach that results in a higher number of good ideas.
"Established businesses rely on so-called best practices to retain their market share by limiting risk, but what happens when an established practice isn’t actually the best way to solve a problem?
"You may be overflowing with talent and ideas, but you won’t start making an impact unless you step up and stand out, says political commentator Symone D.
"Do your brainstorming sessions create a drizzle or a flood of ideas?
According to Seth Godin (photo, left), "We skew our thinking based on the first feedback we get.
"It’s ironic that many schools don’t give lessons on how to study or take notes effectively.
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"More than just lightly toasted, your brain feels singed.
Rich Bellis (photo, left), Associate Editor at Fast Company, presents the video on the subject.
Everyone can be creative.
"Allow your creativity to "flow" without judgment.
"Your teams assume they're talking about the same thing--until they realize they're not.
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Tamara Kleinberg observes fellow customers complaining to her but not to the customer service agent and asks if your business is experiencing the same phenomenon.
"The idea is to live in the middle of ideas, believing in them enough to take action but not enough so they become too big of an anchor when something better comes along.
"The ability to think through problems to the second, third, and nth order—or what we will call second-order thinking for short—is a powerful tool that great thinkers use to their advantage all the time.