This weekend we discuss some great reads on getting finance and sales synchronized, virtual restaurant brands and the overwhelm parents are dealing with regularly in the pandemic and post-pandemic era. Also, take a look at my comments on cynicism, looking at the bigger picture, and my book notes on How to Take Smart Notes. Enjoy!
Leadership
HBR discusses the value of investing in better CRM tooling to better understand customer relationships and ultimately more reliable sales forecasting. Further, this investment would bring sales forecasting and finance forecasting more in sync.
Another HBR article explores how good leaders can navigate leadership if their predecessor was a poor leader. This involves striking a balance between acknowledging the former leaders contributions, as well as how things need to get done differently to progress the organization.
Miscellany
- The Great Wings Rush — The Verge discusses the proliferation of restaurants using delivery services like GrubHub. In the pandemic era, these restaurants are building a series of “virtual brands” to better optimize for search-ability on these platforms. This has led to the natural rise of many restaurants building brands around wings, as they are easy to prepare and deliver.
- “Mental Overload Syndrome” Is Draining Parents. Here’s How to Fight It. — Fatherly discusses how parents often fight a sense of inability to “turn off” after-hours from work, and how one can better cope.