{"id":346,"date":"2018-04-06T11:45:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T11:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spectrumbi.co.uk\/?p=346"},"modified":"2018-08-01T17:59:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T17:59:32","slug":"business-improvement-starts-by-asking-the-right-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spectrumbi.co.uk\/index.php\/business-improvement-starts-by-asking-the-right-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Business improvement starts by asking the right question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all have an in-built ability to filter only the information we deem important at any given instant. So why would the team running a business be any different?<\/p>\n<p>When an organisation sets out to deliver improved performance for the future, the key challenge is to ask the right question. Often a flagging set of numbers is pegged as a need for extra attention on the marketing approach, for stronger sales or a strategy refresh, but it is important to take stock through a needs assessment to ensure the right question is being asked.<\/p>\n<p>The business won&#8217;t solve the problem until you&#8217;re asking the right question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all have an in-built ability to filter only the information we deem important at any given instant. So why would the team running a business be any different? When an organisation sets out to deliver improved performance for the future, the key challenge is to ask the right question. Often a flagging set of&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumbi.co.uk\/index.php\/business-improvement-starts-by-asking-the-right-question\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Business improvement starts by asking the right question<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-business-model","tag-business-plan","without-featured-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Business improvement starts by asking the right question - Spectrum Business Innovations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Spectrum Business Innovations provide multi-purpose management consulting and project services for a wide spectrum of industries in the UK. 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