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About Michael Carr

Specialising in Strategy, Systems and Organisational Design I've had a varied and rewarding career and been fortunate to work for some superb companies such as Courtaulds, Unipart International, Akzo Nobel and more recently Jaguar Landrover, all luminaries of a solid, disciplined and a conservative, though never lacking in innovation, approach to business management and development. Augmenting my career with studying for my MBA at Warwick in the early 90's has given me a balanced and I believe rich resource set to draw upon in my Consultancy Practice. My Clients have been good to me, tolerating my idiosyncrasies, giving me enough rope to go along the journey that I was taking them and hopefully in return I've been able to repay them by raising the bar and their business performance, giving them the results and achievements they were looking for. I really enjoy my work and love the challenge - isn't that what it's all about?

Why Would Your Customer Stop Buying From You?

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Michael Carr

On Sunday I decided, that for a change, we would try a different local for lunch. I wanted to try a pub that was somewhat off the beaten track; one that had caught my eye whilst I had been cutting cross-country in the back lanes … Continue reading →

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What’s Up Doc?

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Michael Carr

Sit in any Casualty Department, hospital ward or by poor chance, lie in a hospital bed and sure as eggs are eggs your pulse, temperature and perhaps bloods will be sent away to be analysed with the regularity of a metronome. Ask … Continue reading →

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Is A Business Plan Necessary?

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Michael Carr

The number of businesses that I come across that operate without a business plan is astonishing; that those businesses continue to survive and in some case flourish often bemuses me, but upon reflection maybe it shouldn’t, albeit it still galls me. I am coming … Continue reading →

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Do You Really Need A Bilge Pump?

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Michael Carr

  If you want to cross choppy waters then I guess water is going to come on board and if that’s going to happen then you probably need some sort of safety net -namely, a bilge pump. Of course a manual bilge pump is … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With Your Business?

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Michael Carr

I’ll come straight to the point. In my view the pre-requisite for understanding what is happening in any business is to spend time with the “lads on the shop floor” It’s the first place I head to when I want to really … Continue reading →

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China’s New Aircraft Carrier

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Michael Carr

Slowly and incrementally China is unfolding it’s strategy to becoming a dominant player in the global economy, perhaps to becoming the economic superpower; its certainly fascinating to watch and it’s latest acquisition is an endorsement to that strategy. I don’t want to comment upon … Continue reading →

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Welcome

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Michael Carr

This is a big step into the unknown for me. For months I have been prevaricating over setting up a blog until it was properly planned and thought through as to format and content. You see, as you come to learn … Continue reading →

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