George Brown
George Brown
George F. Brown, Jr. is the CEO and cofounder of Blue Canyon Partners, Inc., a management consulting firm working with leading business suppliers on growth strategy. See www.bluecanyonpartners.com. Along with Atlee Valentine Pope, he is also the author of CoDestiny: Overcome Your Growth Challenges by Helping Your Customers Overcome Theirs, published by Greenleaf Book Group Press of Austin, TX. George has published widely on such topics as listening to customers, pricing, best practices in implementation, and the changing competitive environment.
Growth Choices: Which Business Units Offer the Greatest Potential?
The lyrics to The Gambler focus on choices: "Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em." For most businesses, identifying the best...
Earning a Return on Your “Relationship Fund”
The case study that follows started off a number of years ago with a quite troubling message delivered by a major customer to a...
Planning Change and Leading Change: Three Lessons Learned
A senior human resources executive in a large manufacturing firm recently made the following comment at a meeting of the company's leadership team: "Well,...
Why Innovations Based on “One Pig” Won’t Work. Three Ideas to Drive Real Customer Value
During a recent discussion, a customer of one of my clients described an episode of the popular television series House in response to a...
“Premarket” Listening Program is Critical Input to Product Innovation
A number of years ago, I worked with an automotive parts manufacturer, in the division that was responsible for parts and services provided to...
Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns
A client in the medical equipment industry recently shared the following experience with me: You might remember about a decade ago the media having...
Creating “CoDestiny” With Your Customers: Inside Scoop With George Brown of Blue Canyon Partners
CustomerThink Founder Bob Thompson interviews George Brown, CEO and co-founder of Blue Canyon Partners about his new book CoDestiny: Overcome Your Growth Challenges by...