Creating American jobs with inevitable outsourcing should be the presidential election debate from both parties. This given the recent speculation that GOP candidate Romney might have helped the global outsourcing boom while at Bain Capital. Consider the following: Global outsourcing as a debate in academia has progressed from when to outsource to how to manageContinue reading “Creating American jobs with inevitable outsourcing should be the presidential election debate”
Category Archives: Careers/Jobs Strategy
The Internet Cloud and Telecom angle: Global IT spending to reach $3.6 trillion
Global IT spending is to reach $3.6 trillion in 2012 up from $3.5 trillion in 2011 according to Gartner that is about a 2.86% growth. Here are some things to consider in these numbers: Cloud means Internet : Following the previous post about what jobs cannot be outsourced from the USA, the cloud means thatContinue reading “The Internet Cloud and Telecom angle: Global IT spending to reach $3.6 trillion”
What jobs are not outsourceable in the US? Going global in Agriculture,Manufacturing and Services
What jobs are not outsourceable in the US will be a question on top of mind as the Presidential election campaigns gather steam.This as globalization and technology moves forward at an ever faster pace. A useful way to think about the challenge for young and mid-career Americans is as follows: Agriculture: Only a tiny 0.7%Continue reading “What jobs are not outsourceable in the US? Going global in Agriculture,Manufacturing and Services”
Aircraft Marketing:understanding supply chains and global job creation
Aircraft marketing requires an understanding of global supply chains and global job creation and Ray Conner of Boeing is right when he says that buyers do not care where the product is made. This in response to the general jubilation among competitor Airbus folks at opening up a plant in Mobile Alabama that will createContinue reading “Aircraft Marketing:understanding supply chains and global job creation”
The Smiley Curve of Innovation-celebrating the American spirit 4th of July
This is the July 4th weekend in America and celebrations are underway – and it's a great time to think about the Smiley Curve of Innovation. The Smiley Curve came to my attention reading Fareed Zakaria's great book "The Post-American World," and here are some thoughts on "The Smiley Curve of Innovation " this AmericanContinue reading “The Smiley Curve of Innovation-celebrating the American spirit 4th of July”
Keeping professional contacts updated needs one more step : Tweets no longer automatic to LinkedIn contacts
Keeping professional contacts updated needs one more step as Tweets are no longer automatic to LinkedIn contacts .You need to specifically share blog posts,Tweets or any other material through the LinkedIn share option. So till Friday June 29, the distribution channel was Blog Post—>Twitter—> LinkedIn. Now it is Blog Post—>Twitter. It was just after aContinue reading “Keeping professional contacts updated needs one more step : Tweets no longer automatic to LinkedIn contacts”
Steps in Engineering Outsourcing : What goes out – must come back
Given the interest in an earlier post on engineering outsourcing its timely to think about the steps of engineering outsourcing and keep in mind that what goes out must come back! Here are the most basic steps of the engineering outsourcing process: Core competence: As discussed in several articles innovation and intellectual property is bestContinue reading “Steps in Engineering Outsourcing : What goes out – must come back”
From Strategy to Execution via Website: the Power of Web Analytics
As Web Analytics evolves (see earlier post) the possibility of organizations to map website—>organizational structure—> strategy —-> to execution via website analytics is an enormous opportunity. And this applies to the mission of the organization, its functions including Marketing, Investor Relations, Supplier Relations to Employee Relations. Here is how: Websites are becoming better with moreContinue reading “From Strategy to Execution via Website: the Power of Web Analytics”
May Jobs Report: What can college students do?
The May jobs report is devastating. It's estimated that over half the graduating class of 2012 will not have jobs. Yes the economy is slow, it's slowing in emerging markets as well besides Europe that seems very bad. However, those US students who are entering college in the fall need to consider the following things:Continue reading “May Jobs Report: What can college students do?”
Why is execution so difficult and strategy so easy?
Why is execution so difficult and strategy formulation so easy? This is one of those perennial management and leadership questions. A question that legendary managers like Jack Welch emphasizes and thought leaders like Ram Charan have been writing about. Somehow execution is equated with “tactics” and numerous budding managers and leaders are constantly told about being more strategic- as if great strategy alone will get things done. Here are some thoughts on bridging the strategy to execution challenge: