Thursday location: Seven | 8:50 am – 8:15 pm
- Product development: Rear rack design for Seven Cycles. We’ve been making more heavy duty racks – for carrying 80 lbs type of riding. This is very different from a 30 lbs rack. We’re seeing more and more serious riding happening.
- Business Development: I was talking with someone about growing business and he mentioned an article I read a while ago by Jay Forrester titled “The Loop You Can’t Get Out Of” from MIT Sloan Management Review a while back. I’m a big proponent of growing business – that’s it’s a requirement if you’re interested in a sustainable business. Sustainability and growth are inseparable. Jay has begun arguing that that’s no longer possible in a ‘nongrowth’ world. I have a lot to say on this. Not enough room here to describe nuances. In my conversation with the Jay agreer I talked about the parameters of growth: the speed of growth – sustainable vs. step function. Also, do you define growth only as revenue? There are certainly other measures that are equally or more important to define growth – particularly if you’re interested in sustainability Not many people really are.
- Trip: Heading to London and Belgium in a few weeks. Work trip. Going to a symposium, visiting retailers, and visiting three distributors. Four days, many meetings.
- Time Marker: The sickness dogs are still barking at me. But getting quieter.
Post title: The Death of the American Shopping Mall.
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