Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Henokiens Members are 200-Year-Old Family Firms

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If you want to read a profile of some pretty amazing companies, go to  www.henokiens.com . This is a newly redesigned website of the Henokie...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

I'm A Long-term Employee, But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

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Building relationships with employees so they stay with the firm for a long time was consistently listed as a key longevity success factor b...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

When It Comes To Change, Slow and Steady Wins the Race for Old Companies

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Yes, old companies change and even innovate - they wouldn't have survived for over 100 years if they didn't. However, my research sh...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

The Profit Paradox

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I just returned from the Innovation Institute's Global Business Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia where my presentation on the "su...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Companies Turning 100 in 2014

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                  Businesses "living" long enough to celebrate their 100th anniversary are rare and apparently getting ever mor...
Friday, September 12, 2014

New Michigan 100 and Corporate Century Club Member: George P. Johnson (GJP)

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                                                    George P. Johnson may have invented the field of experiential marketing. Though start...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

New Corporate Century Club Member: American Pop Corn Company

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When buyers offered Cloid H. Smith less than he wanted for the corn he grew on his farm land in Sac County, Iowa he decided to cut out t...