This story was inspired from a real life news story on Friday 5th March 2020 One day, as a boy was walking to school, his route took him past an accident. A lorry had got completely stuck under a low bridge. The driver, who had misjudged the height restriction, was unable to either go forwardContinue reading “You can do it”
Author Archives: Andrew Mann
Amazon fresh… till tech beware
Amazon has opened a till-less grocery store in London- it’s first ‘Just Walk Out’ shop outside the US, this is less of a threat to grocers and more of a threat to till technology companies like NCR, Wincor Nixdorf or Oracle
look at a problem from a different angle
the fisherman & genie parable shows how you need to look at problem from a different angle.
Look at problems from all sides
A father’s attempt to work from home was being constantly hampered by interruptions from his pre-school age daughter who wanted him to play with her. In desperation he created a homemade jigsaw by ripping out a printed map of the world from a magazine and tearing it into tiny pieces. He sent her off toContinue reading “Look at problems from all sides”
Acceleration of instore digital adoption
in-store digital adoption has accelerated in grocery shops in last 10 months, driven by safety concerns, but it’s here to stay.
Time to pull out recessionary playbook?
There will be recessionary pressure in 2021 like no other year as consumer confidence stays low. Read the recessionary playbook
The Culture Ripple effect
The culture ripple effect… We must walk the walk and talk the talk. The way we behave drives the culture
The Roman God Janus and COVID-19
Janus was the Roman God of transitions and all beginnings so Janus is an apt as we look back on 2020 and start 2021 with Lockdown 3
1. Digital adoption in 2020
2. recessionary fears in 2021
why I set up NorthBailey
A very famous ad man (who will remain nameless) once told me why he’d started his own agency rather than continuing as CEO of his previous agency. “Andrew” he said “there were two reasons… greed and ego”