Title - Johnnie Boden the control freak Tags - callumstory

  • I read an interview with Johnnie Boden, founder of Boden, in the Sunday Telegraph
  • His office has an expansive glass side so he can look down on employees
  • “Big boden is watching you”, said the reporter
  • The reporter asked, “are you a control freak?”
  • Boden admitted to being an “obsessive person”
  • He labels teapots according to how many cups they hold
  • He has a speadsheet to keep track of his garden planting
  • But, he said that running a big business mean he can’t control everything

Purposes

  • to demonstrate importance of control over marketing (can’t control everything, but marketing is THE most important thing; if you don’t do it yourself, at least watch the KPI’s to retain control)