{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Making Every Word Count","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.gordonbenzie.com\/blog","author_name":"Gordon Benzie","author_url":"https:\/\/www.gordonbenzie.com\/blog\/author\/gordon-benzie\/","title":"Thinking Smarter Isn\u2019t a Business Plan - Making Every Word Count","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GrJsG4UDjm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gordonbenzie.com\/blog\/thinking-smarter-isnt-a-business-plan\/\">Thinking Smarter Isn\u2019t a Business Plan<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gordonbenzie.com\/blog\/thinking-smarter-isnt-a-business-plan\/embed\/#?secret=GrJsG4UDjm\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Thinking Smarter Isn\u2019t a Business Plan&#8221; &#8212; Making Every Word Count\" data-secret=\"GrJsG4UDjm\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.gordonbenzie.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"By Gordon Benzie Last week I read an interesting and well written article in the Wall Street Journal on the challenges that Alcatel is facing, titled \u201cAlcatel Chief Is Out as Turnaround Stalls.\u201d As you may recall, about six years ago France&#8217;s Alcatel merged with U.S.-based Lucent Technologies (former equipment division of AT&amp;T) to create &hellip; Continue reading","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.gordonbenzie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/think_smarter_business_strategy-300x258.png"}