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) {}Today is Diwali and it was not surprising that President Obama lit the Diwali lamp for the first time in the White House. It was however a landmark occasionContinue reading “Happy Diwali from Downing Street and the White House”
Category Archives: Diversity
Buyer Supplier Relationships gets Nobel Prize in Oliver Williamson
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G-20 summit a success – is the world really getting “flat” ?
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) {} It is not just travel,communication and the Internet -that's turning the world flat as Thomas Friedman famously pointed out. The most amazing image from the G-20 summit isContinue reading “G-20 summit a success – is the world really getting “flat” ?”
And change in modern cultures- Barack Obama
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Worldsourcing-made in this planet
Kudos to William J. Amelio of Lenovo for coming up with, and promoting the concept of "worldsourcing". Today Business Week carries a story and this earlier piece on BBC is also enlightening. Bill Amelio advocates lightening up on the "outsourcing" label and the superior attitude that prevails in the wealthier countries vis-a-vis the booming butContinue reading “Worldsourcing-made in this planet”
Corporate Social Responsibility
Last week my article in the Inside Supply Management of December 2007 appeared in print. This is a short piece on Corporate Social Responsibility and what the supply manager can do to contribute to Corporate Social Responsibility. I talk about three areas first the Global Supply Chain and quality problems (eg. toy recalls), supplier diversityContinue reading “Corporate Social Responsibility”
Muhtar Kent at Coke and Indra Nooyi at Pepsi and the Bottom of Pyramid
Muhtar Kent is the new CEO at Coke. This blog had commented on the changes at Coke earlier this year and the elevation of Mr. Kent to CEO is indeed a great development. Not only is Muhtar Kent, of Turkish origin, eminently qualified but his elevation signals Coke's diversity comeback . It also makes goodContinue reading “Muhtar Kent at Coke and Indra Nooyi at Pepsi and the Bottom of Pyramid”
From supply chain to “global value chain” a report from NECON 2007
I returned from NECON 2007 and was struck by a major change in the supply profession from 2006. In three words "global value chain," in contrast to the narrower "savings" theme of the previous year. While in 2006 there was some talk about managing the global supply organization and global suppliers – this time IContinue reading “From supply chain to “global value chain” a report from NECON 2007″
Implicit Assumption Test- IAT and our hidden biases
The Implicit Assumption Test from researchers at universities including Harvard,Yale,Wisconsin is making news about something that we know but do not realize. According to their information page (as of 2007) 80% of the web visitors have negativity towards the elderly. As web users get older this should change! Interestingly, 75-80% of self identified whites or Asians show an implicit preference for whites over blacks. Just count the relatively large number of white models in Asian TV advertising and you’ll know that this data is correct.
Outsourcing Diversity
Outsourcing is not simply to reduce cost and potentially improve efficiency and increase innovation. It clearly is a way of getting a contractor or business partner to do "non-core" things which you cannot do, unable to do and perhaps think that you don’t need to do. One interesting recent story is about big organizations whoContinue reading “Outsourcing Diversity”