var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} If you think about it everyone is coming down heavily on BP for allowing the underwater well to burst. BP is to pay for the clean-up and livelihoodContinue reading “BP’s oil leak and Bankers’ dervatives are similar downstream distasters”
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The SRM you receive depends on Risk-Value position- are you a bottleneck or leverage supplier?
var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-857684-6”); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} Treating suppliers with respect is an organizational culture thing to some extent but it largely depends on what type of risk-value you bring to the table. For exampleContinue reading “The SRM you receive depends on Risk-Value position- are you a bottleneck or leverage supplier?”
100 years of Mark Twain- 4000 words a day with an ink pen while at Hartford !
Today, April 21, 2010 is 100 years of Mark Twain one of the most interesting denizens of Hartford,Connecticut. If you ever pass through Hartford do check out the Mark Twain House on Farmington Avenue. Here Twain spent many of his most productive years as a writer.
On the passing of CK Prahalad -core competence and bottom of the pyramid
Professor CK Prahalad passed away last weekend on 16th October, 2010. He was one of the most influential business thinkers of our time and has influenced me a great deal.I think two of his ideas are particularly fascinating. These are core competence of the corporation (co authored with Gary Hamel) and Bottom of the pyramid (with Stuart Hart).
Slow recovery or fast recovery? depends on tapping into global innovation
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Innovation and Seth Godin’s “Linchpin”
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} I am about halfway through Seth Godin's new book Linchpin. Seth does a very interesting analysis of the way education has developed to support the Taylor notion ofContinue reading “Innovation and Seth Godin’s “Linchpin””
Will the Volvo acquisition make Chinese Geely cars seem safer?
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The last mile of innovation- and missing middle managers of the recession
Middle managers are the last mile of innovation. They serve as the glue of the organization and take care of translating “strategic vision” of the top management to operation and execution. Middle managers calm down the front line employees who find HQ mandates out of touch as not many C-suite managers descend from the MBAContinue reading “The last mile of innovation- and missing middle managers of the recession”
Restructuring for Innovation- exploiting and exploring capabilities and relationships
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Innovation is the solution to job growth- but how to innovate?
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