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May 18

May 18 The Point Of (And Problem With) Accelerants

Aspirations, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Life, Management Consulting, Retail, Strategy

There's a trend line that we all live through in any endeavor we’re a part of. That trend line can be positive or negative but it’s a constant - there’s no question that there is no such thing as a ‘permanent’ status quo, that things will inevitably progress in some direction to a redefined (temporary) equilibrium.

Most of the time that trend line is drawn out over some material period of time. If we are on the ascent, that ascent can continue for years, driven by a mix of factors both internally driven and externally influenced.

Feb 24

Feb 24 Finding Significance In Small

Omer Abdullah

Aspirations, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Life, Sales, Strategy

Cas Hardware - a small hardware retail business in my neighborhood - closed its doors recently after 41 years. It had become a fixture of the Andersonville community and was a place where “the management” was folks you could get to know, who would be on hand to answer your questions, give advice if you needed it and take care of any purchases you needed to make.

Mar 29

Mar 29 Craving Analog In A Digital World

Omer Abdullah

Marketing, Strategy, Retail, Life, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Sales

"We are living in an increasingly digital world that craves analog sensation."*

Digital is ubiquitous. From our work to our hobbies to our entertainment to our commerce, the digital-to-analog ratio in our lives has ramped up exponentially over the last two decades. To the point where the promise of digital has now become very much a reality.

Mar 26

Mar 26 Listen More Than You Talk

Omer Abdullah

Entrepreneurship, Sales, Life, Retail, Marketing

Listen more than you talk.

I heard this last week at a conference about retailers and consumer brands. The point was that, in a world of push-over-pull, persistent over-communication and rampant messaging, we need to spend more time with our mouths closed and our ears open.

Nov 30

Nov 30 More Stuff I Can’t Understand When I Travel...

Omer Abdullah

Life, Travel

...But RFID tags on hotel towels?

I can just imagine the call:

Nov 9

Nov 9 How "VIP" Am I?

Omer Abdullah

Marketing, Retail, Sales

So, I got this email the other day from a company that offers bespoke clothing for men. By all accounts, it's a brand that offers quality, tailor-made products at reasonable economics. They sent me this promo because - as you'll see in the headline - I'm a VIP.

Based in Chicago, Omerisms is a blog by Omer Abdullah. His posts explore Ideas, perspectives and points of view across business, sales, marketing, life and (sometimes) football (the real kind).