Innovate For The Future

How far will 30 steps take you? If your steps are linear, you ll travel 30 meters. But set your sites on 30 exponential steps you know, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 and you will travel over 1 billion meters (1,073,741,824 meters to be exact). That s 26 times around the earth! […] The post My Life’s Work: Build Organizational Capabilities For Tomorrow appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Can you think of a business that has drifted with no meaningful disciplines? How about Enron? Or a business that drifted with no vision? Blockbuster comes to mind. How about a business with no clear path forward? Sears. Enough said, right? On the other hand, businesses with strategy, disciplines, and vision write a different future. […] The post My Life s Work: Don t Allow Your Business To Drift appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Define Your Purpose Business and life always come back to purpose. Leaders are purpose driven. Estee Lauder, Walt Disney, Sam Walton, and David Packard, for example. It is your purpose that secures your life s work. To achieve your life s work you need to escape the tyranny of the urgent today. Estee Lauder and Walt Disney […] The post My Life s Work: Purpose Driven Leadership appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Tom Brady, in the 4th quarter of his career is getting stronger and keeps delivering championships. Warren Buffet turned 89 this summer and continues to bring it having amassed 99% of his wealth after his 50th birthday. And, no matter what the prior decades delivered, it is in the 4th quarter of your career that […] The post My Life s Work: It s The 4th Quarter appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Today we are going to look at the fifth component part of The Innovative Distributor model, transformative leadership with Chuck Salewsky and Dave Anttila, partners with ibeauthentic. In this conversation we are going to hear their views on why and how we must move our leadership structure from the one person at the top controlling […] The post Leaders Insure Everyone Leads appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Today we are going to look at the fourth component part of The Innovative Distributor model, business model innovation with Chuck Salewsky and Dave Anttila, partners with ibeauthentic. We begin by getting their input as to why they believe 85% of distributors are thinking that they need to rethink their business model before somebody else […] The post e-Commerce and How Distribution Sales Will Evolve appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Today is the third of five inspiring and informative episodes with two partners of Menominee, Michigan based IBeauthentic. Chuck Salewsky, operating manager and partner along with Dave Anttila, director of business development and partner share their wisdom with us. Prior to founding iBeauthentic, Chuck and Dave grew a privately held beauty supply distribution business from $12 […] The post 100 Million Dollar Growth By Breaking The Sameness Trap appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Today is the second of five inspiring and informative episodes with two partners of Menominee, Michigan based IBeauthentic. Chuck Salewsky, operating manager and partner along with Dave Anttila, director of business development and partner share their wisdom with us. Ibeauthentic is a creative and innovative organization who has created a unique culture which is attracting […] The post Intentionality of Culture – The 5 Pillars appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Today is the first of five inspiring and informative episodes with two partners of Menominee, Michigan based IBeauthentic. Chuck Salewsky, operating manager and partner and Dave Anttila, director of business development and partner share their wisdom with us. IBeauthentic was formed to offer alternative solutions to the professional beauty industry through talent and technology-based offerings. […] The post Standing Where You Want To Be – The Power of Vision appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Today s guest, returning for our third conversation is Ken Salyer, the founder and CEO of wall covering distributor Tri-Kes. Today Ken shares his insight on the importance of creating a value proposition that allows you to break through the marketplace clutter and sameness trap so many distributors are stuck in. Ken describes the fundamental belief […] The post Creating A Brand That Breaks Through The Clutter & Stands For Something with Ken Salyer appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Today s guest, Ken Salyer the founder and CEO of wall covering distributor Tri-Kes has peered into the future and sees a world where instantaneous is too slow. Technology has changed customer s expectations to having access to information before they even know they want that information. As a result Ken and the leadership team at Tri-Kes […] The post Digital Transformation In A World Where Instantaneous Is Too Slow With Ken Salyer appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Today s guest is Ken Salyer, Founder and CEO of wall covering distributor Tri-Kes. Ken and I explore the importance of culture and how they have intentionally nurtured a culture based on a joint set of beliefs the organization lives everyday. Ken describes that the speed with which people in the organization have to make decisions […] The post Culture at the Speed of Today with Ken Salyer of Tri-Kes appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

As Don McNeeley looks at the dysfunction in Washington, our school systems, and even industry today he sees the greatest gap in the history of our nation between the need for leadership and the supply of it. This is one reason he is so committed to growing leaders as President and CEO of Chicago Tube […] The post Leadership Is In Greater Demand Than Ever appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Don McNeeley, is the President and CEO of Chicago Tube and Iron (CTI) which celebrated 100 years of consecutive profitability earlier this year. In this fourth of five conversations I have with Don, he explains the CTI business model and its evolution over the years. More importantly he explains the why behind each evolution. The […] The post Business Model Innovation Or Exit Strategy? appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Has the term commodity ever been used to describe what it is you sell? Have your customers said in no uncertain terms I get get the same thing down the street for less? Or how about your sales team, have they come to believe that the only way they can sell this stuff is if […] The post Commoditized Hell? Here s What You Must Do with Don McNeeley appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

I m naturally drawn to Don Mcneeley, president and CEO of Chicago Tube and Iron (CTI). I love his story and the story of CTI. 100 years of profitability doesn t happen by accident. The culture that allows for 100 years of profitability doesn t happen by accident. At the core of both stories – that of CTI […] The post Capitalism, Country, Culture And Your Life s Work appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

Our guest is Don McNeeley, the president and CEO of Chicago Tube and Iron one of the largest specialty steel service centers in the United States with ten branches throughout the Midwest and in Monterrey, Mexico. The company recently celebrated it 100 year anniversary with an amazing performance record of 100 continuous years of profitability. […] The post Points of Inflection and 100 Years Of Continuous Profitability appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.

You know in this age of disruption, in this VUCA world … Those of you that listen understand what VUCA means, V-U-C-A. Right? Velocity, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. That’s the world in which we find ourselves. How do we lead change, transformation and innovation. How do we lead our teams in this environment? That’s the […] The post Leading With Values With Steve Riddell appeared first on Dirk Beveridge.