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Starbucks’ Third Place Strategy: Built For The Past

This month, Starbucks announced that its coffee delivery business is now a $1.0 billion business. Yes, that’s right, $1.0 billion. With a “B.” And, even more striking, in its most recent quarter, Starbucks also announced that said delivery business grew by almost 30%. Now, some out there might be thinking, “Okay, that’s interesting, but what’s the big deal?” Well, the big deal is that the implications of this statistic go far beyond just selling coffee.

Values Are The Spine Of Strategy

In those times when maximum effort is not enough, and this happens to everyone and every enterprise, what heartens first is observing others — partners and competitors — who have endured the same condition and prevailed. In the cases where redemption eludes, the second point of heartening is the comfort found in venerating the one element that adheres to every vestige of an endeavor: values.

The Role Of Emotion In Business Strategy

How do we tell the difference between what we feel and what we know? Many of us fear this question, particularly in the workplace, because it reinforces the conclusion that there is a firm line between emotion and rationality. Emotion, however, is a form of knowledge as well as a barometer of intelligence. In a productive organization, emotion is an essential component in the formation of strategy. We’ve learned this from branding.

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