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Before I was so rudely interrupted by Captain Sunshine (who I have to admit may have had a few good observations), I had tried to make several points in the previous two columns: · RIGHT-SIZE YOUR BUSINESS. NOW…….SHRINK OR SINK!…
RIGHT-SIZE YOUR BUSINESS. NOW…….SHRINK OR SINK! BY CHRIS BROWN, FORMER CEO OF WIEDENBACH BROWN
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now! JW von Goethe The previous column discussed the need for asking hard questions and making hard decisions, to survive and thrive during and…
IT’S TIME TO BE BOLD! BY CHRIS BROWN, FORMER CEO OF WIEDENBACH BROWN
It’s a whole new world out there, with new playing fields, rules, and players. Your choice is to either learn this new game or continue to be the very best player in a game that is no longer being played. …
Remember @illumigeddon by Chris Brown……
”some businesses are out of business and don’t even know it!” He’s really good………. “My simple suggestion for distribution response to both is to find ways to stay relevant and invaluable to both clients and vendors. Distribution must add significant,…
A Judicious SWOT Analysis – Five (5) Apropos Questions to Ask Yourself by Bill Attardi
The SWOT (Strengths / Weaknesses / Opportunities / Threats) Analysis is an important tool in the strategic marketing planning process and is taught in every graduate and undergraduate business course in academia. My view is that this should be an…
The Great Lighting Debate Then and Now by Bill Attardi
The blog in May 2019 by Chris Brown started out like this: “Hey Captain Sunshine, it’s me CHICKEN LITTLE! Remember me? Remember our debates about Illumigeddon and Fortuity? Well, it’s time to look back and see how we got where…
WHO’S MISSING? WHAT’S NEXT? WHO’S NEXT? AND WHEN? BY CHRIS BROWN
Hey Captain Sunshine, it’s me CHICKEN LITTLE! Remember me? Remember our debates about Illumigeddon and Fortuity? Well, it’s time to look back and see how we got where we are today in our truly disrupted Lighting Industry. But first, beyond…
NAILD Podcast #32 Illumigeddon Meets The Matrix by Chris Brown
Sponsored by LumaNEXT Lighting industry veteran Chris Brown coined the term Illumigeddon several years ago and met up with Get A Grip to discuss where we are headed. Ilumigeddon has turned into Illumitunity as long as you can work your…
Life is Good NOW by Bill Attardi
Maybe you heard…………..Chris Brown received the Life Time Achievement Award from EdisonReport at Lightfair this year: Chris and I agree that the best of times is right NOW! It really is the best of times for us. Good friends like…
Chris Brown: Life Time Achievement Award
Thanks you Randy Reid of EdisonReport for honoring Chris Brown for the Life Time Achievement Award at Lightfair. It was a marvelous night and we had some laughs…..a really fun night.
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What Is Amazon’s Obsession with Electrical Supply? by Bridget McCrea
A look at why the e-tailing giant is actively claiming market share in the electrical distribution space with its Amazon Business division. “If distribution can’t provide significant and measurable value, it doesn’t belong in the sales equation,” wrote Chris Brown,…
CHRIS BROWN IS FREAKIN SEVENTY
70! Not just a number anymore. Not when it’s me and I’M FREAKIN SEVENTY! (To read the unexpurgated original version, find Chris Brown on Facebook). First thought……YIPPEE, I MADE IT! On second thought, How the hell did this happen?!? Thinking…
Speaking Out: 12 Tips for Reinventing Your Lighting Business by Bill Attardi
Some distributors are already out of business, they just don’t know it yet. When my good friend Chris Brown wrote his epic posts on “Illumigeddon” http://energywatchnews.com/illumigeddon-im-baaaaackby-chris-brown-illumigeddon/ he sparked quite a bit of discussion. I would like to go one step…
Verizon acquires Sensity……..Disintermediation personified? by Chris Brown
Repeating the question I asked two years ago at Strategies in Light……when technology gorillas and lighting manufacturers align, who will be driving? Here is what I wrote back in 2014, speaking about DISINTERMEDIATION: “I’m not convinced that most lighting distribution…
Rethinking Lighting by Chris Brown & Bill Attardi
The End of Lighting as we Know it or Welcome to Lighting’s Innovation Era. Digital IoT control, continuing advances in the solid-state technology and new business models for installing and selling lighting are rewriting the rules of the lighting game.…
The Great Lighting Debate of 2016
How to successfully position your Company in Today (and Tomorrow’s) Lighting Industry – IMARK Showcase 4/5/16 Presenters: Bill Attardi aka ‘Captain Sunshine’ vs. Chris Brown aka ‘Chicken Little’ A debate on the Future of the Lighting Industry (and how you…
ILLUMIGEDDON IS SO LAST MONTH BY CHRIS BROWN
Last year I introduced a new word….. Illumigeddon, referring to the end of the traditional lighting industry as we have known it. Now it’s time to introduce this year’s new word, to better reflect the state of the industry today.…
POE: POWER OVER ETHERNET OR PHILIPS OVER EVERYONE ELSE? By Chris Brown
-Or should it be BoE… “Beginning of End” for some lighting distributors. Illumigeddon got real last month with the announcement of an alliance between Philips and Cisco to promote PoE and networked lighting. I asked the question in 2014: When…
Disintermediation Strategy: A Fact of Our New Lighting Life by Chris Brown
The recent discussions regarding disintermediation should be stirring conversation on how distribution deals with a fact of our new lighting life: Some manufacturers will choose to (or feel forced to) deal directly with our end users. Disintermediation is here, and…
SOME DISTRIBUTORS ARE ALREADY OUT OF BUSINESS, THEY JUST DON’T KNOW IT YET BY CHRIS BROWN, CEO, WIEDENBACH BROWN (@illumigeddon)
For all those who saw Captain Sunshine and my pictures in NAILD magazine, alongside our recent ‘debate’, no, I wasn’t in a boot because I injured my foot kicking Bill’s butt all over the internet, just recovering from achilles surgery.…
