Archive | February, 2011



Bring Atlas Shrugged to San Diego

Atlas Shrugged was voted second most influential book among CEOs in the 20th century, right behind the Bible. If you like the book, chances are we’d work well together. The movie adaptation of the book is set for release on April 15th. Bring Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 to a theater near you by voting on [...]

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Bain Commentary: Decide and Deliver

One of the key attributes we look for in a prospective client is the ability to make good, quick decisions.  We have all been victims of analysis paralysis in organizations.  This leads to missed opportunities, cash flow burn, and has the “doers” in the organization looking for the exits. Below is our summary of a [...]

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Gray Suit Marketing Welcomes Tom Kelley as Partner

Gray Suit Marketing is pleased to announce Tom Kelley as a Partner in the firm. Kelley has 21 years experience advising and counseling management of start-ups, small business, corporate, trade associations and non-profit clients in all areas of strategic marketing, branding, and external affairs outreach. Kelley’s trademark work centers on bringing stakeholders together, forming new [...]

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McKinsey Commentary: Doling out the workload

Doling out the workload: How integrating automation for knowledge workers can increase productivity Your employees work a typical 40-60 hour workweek and they’re the ones that make the company tick. They knowledgeably take the ideas and make them reality. You want them to pound out the grunt-work quickly to translate work into revenue. There are [...]

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REQUESTING HELP: Advice for Business Students

David Warren is speaking to business students at USD on February 22nd. Rather than blather on about Gray Suit Marketing, the students are going to be presented with a “Top Ten Pieces of Unsolicited Advice for Business Students”. We want to be intentionally provokative and give students the real perspective from the CEO’s chair. Here [...]

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