Ideas & Stories

Building Competitive Advantage

If the world were perfectly homogeneous, if all businesses were the same and if goods and services offered were identical to each other, on what basis could they compete? Price. And price alone. Differentiation is the basis by which businesses …
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Planning for Unforeseen Events

Things tend to go wrong when they are least expected. And they often go wrong in clusters. The impacts on the business, the family, their security and their futures can be devastating. Typically, these types of events occur for the following …
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How did we get together?

Circa 1980...  John Clark and Fordham Williams & Co Chris Alp sat in front of John in 1980 hoping to be chosen as the little firm’s 1981 graduate. Having completed Bachelors of Arts and Commerce, like most eager graduates, he figured he …
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Koblenz and the train!

15 June 2014. Huge day today! (Originally posted on Facebook that night over a beer and dinner with lots of potatoes) Got up really early this morning to head off to Koblenz. I am on my own this week. I quickly ate some muesli, yoghurt and …
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