Bulletproofing your pharmacy
With many pharmacies currently experiencing a pandemic income ‘high tide’, it’s vital to prepare before the next low tide arrives The bullet proof vest has a chequered history with an …
Survivor bias
What does business data tell us about a pharmacy’s ‘survivor bias’, and how can it be used to change a pharmacy from one that is simply surviving to one that …
Pharmacy’s COVID ‘high tide’
What will be revealed in pharmacy when the tide finally goes out after the pandemic storm? How should owners react to the changed situation? For many pharmacies, the windfall of …
Pharmacy cheerleading
Being a pharmacy cheerleader is about motivating your team, having a vision and driving solutions through performance and rewards As president of the Unites States of America from 1933 to …
Not being average
Is your pharmacy average? Bruce Annabel and Mal Scrymgeour offer their advice on the strategies to differentiate yourself from the average Eight years ago, National Geographic magazine collected statistics on …
The rumbling mountain
Community pharmacy continues to ignore the warning signs of an impending upheaval at its peril Pliny the Younger’s letters didn’t mention the earthquakes that preceded the eruption of Mount Vesuvius …
The price of hindsight
Are pharmacies fanning the flames of disaster by their poor planning around managing their business margin? Diners at the Plaza Hotel in New York were given reason to pause over …
Surf’s Up
Pharmacies have found themselves in unpredictable waters over the past couple of years. Those who have navigated them most effectively have mostly followed a similar path to success Australian triple …
Lightning can strike twice
Being successful in community pharmacy is all about managing, and improving, your performance regardless of the external forces There is a myth that lightning never strikes in one place twice. …
Turning the tide
While many of pharmacy’s fundamentals remain unchanged, adjusting for the major trends is essential for businesses to survive Shortly before dawn, on a crisp August morning in 1875, Captain Matthew …
The long and winding road
How can pharmacy find its ‘Picasso moment’ and break through its constraints to find a pathway that benefits patients, pharmacists and pharmacies? In the 1960s and the 1970s, The Beatles …
Is the revolution coming?
A pandemic can bring the upheaval that tips a crisis into a revolution. Bruce Annabel and Mal Scrymgeour discuss whether this is the future for community pharmacy Quite without any …