I could give you a million excuses for why I haven't posted in such a long time:
* Business has been going so well and I've been so consumed that I barely feel I have enough time to write on a regular basis.
* My responsibilities have shifted -- and been added to -- to the point that my attention needs to be completely focused otherwise some balls might get dropped.
* Weekends have been unusually busy for a cold, blistery February.
While all of the above is true -- excuses are so lame, so please disregard the first 100 words you read in this post.
How about I give you an update on what I've been up to in the past couple of months? I think you may be interested...
First -- my overall responsibilities at Findaway have been shaken (not stirred) up a bit so that in addition to my Business Development role of trying to establish Playaway in various channels (Religion, Health Care, Education, and Corporate Training all come top-of-mind) -- I am also getting more entrenched in the Strategic side of our business. This includes evaluating (and improving) internal processes, maintaining a lookout on the competitive landscape, and generally being a strategic voice in the organization. I must say that even though this new development has caused me to essentially be performing two different, distinct roles in the company which has consumed a LOT of my time-- it's pretty darn exciting.
One of the projects that I was handed a couple of months ago was to audit and restructure our Title Launch Process. Outsiders looking in may not realize it, but we launch anywhere from 50 - 200 titles every single month. In effect, that means that we at Findaway are following through with 50 - 200 product launches every 30 days. Up until now, that process has been "OK." However, I was asked to jump in and see if we can take that process and make it scalable -- so we can be launching 200 - 500 titles (or heck, even more!) every single month. I know that is music to your ears, librarians! Anyway, I think our team has done one heck of a job getting this process up to speed. My next step?...finding somebody to hand this off to! Know any good people? We sure do have a lot of fun here...
Okay, so I guess it wasn't too hard to make that post. Let's see if I can make this a regular thing again...
