http://peterflatow.com/blog Reinventing the old in a new way Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:14:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Joe McGinniss in his book, "The Selling of the President 1968”, presented a clear case for how Richard Nixon captured the presidency using television and the basics of marketing. The media have changed the basics have not. The recent congressional elections offer so many lessons about the use ... http://peterflatow.com/blog/2010/11/16/marketing-lessons-from-the-elections/ There is so much written about the need for more innovation in America and that innovation needs to be the engine that will drive recovery and growth. True innovation is always needed but history can illustrate that it is not the lack of innovation that holds us back but ... http://peterflatow.com/blog/2010/06/07/adoption-over-innovation/ Over the years I have found that learning from failure was far more instructive because in success it is so hard to differentiate cause from effect. Having just completed one of the best business books I have ever read (and I must admit to being a business book junkie) ... http://peterflatow.com/blog/2010/03/18/learning-from-success/ America is suffering from a severe case of cognitive dissonance over health care. At a minimum it helps to explain the emotion and misinformation people seem to be harboring in regards to the current "debate" on health care. Cognitive dissonance is one of those apparently simple concepts that ... http://peterflatow.com/blog/2009/11/01/cognitive-dissonance/ There is no question that the real estate market fiasco (loaning money to people who couldn’t pay it back) was a prime cause of the current Great Recession. The banks have become the villains in this mess and they surely deserve a lot of the blame but are they ... http://peterflatow.com/blog/2009/10/20/time-for-realtor-reinvention/ My friend and associate Kevin Hoffberg just posted a wonderful article which I strongly recommend you read. The following is my response to Kevin’s post. I too was happy that President Obama "took off the gloves" as it relates to the insurance "industry". But did he? As this ... http://peterflatow.com/blog/2009/10/18/more-on-health-care/ In 1990, Nike opened it's first Niketown. At the time it was considered a big deal because it was a retail outlet that wasn't based on selling "stuff". Its reason for being was to allow consumers to experience Nike products and bask in the glory of Michael Jordan's ... http://peterflatow.com/blog/2009/10/13/when-did-experience-retail-become-new/ One of the harsh realities of our current economic situation is the need to find a new base that works with the changing reality of our current and future world. For example, the auto industry has been forced quite painfully into this realization. The infrastructure the auto industry ... http://peterflatow.com/blog/2009/06/14/if-you-are-not-part-of-the-solution-you-are-part-of-the-problem/ Danny Devito, playing a takeover executive in “Other People’s Money” is speaking to the workers/owners of a business he wants to buy so as to sell off the assets – “folks what you don’t understand is the company is already bankrupt, you just haven’t run out of money yet.” ... http://peterflatow.com/blog/2009/06/02/possibly-the-ultimate-case-for-reinvention/ I suppose it has always been this way but recently I have observed far more black or white behavior. Whether you are reading a newspaper article, a blog or listening to someone on TV one would believe there is only one side to every story. The concept of collecting all ... http://peterflatow.com/blog/2009/03/26/always-two-sides/