More management work from soup to nuts even- if you know only soup making best- seems to be the signal from the US job market. For example, companies are not willing to pay separately for project management when they outsource IT and similarly in-house the workfrorce from R&D to Marketing and Sales,Supply Chain and EngineeringContinue reading “US Jobs McKinsey : more management work from “soup to nuts” ?”
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New opportunity for roofers as Google invests $280 million in residential solar
The great thing about the weather folks is that they are able to predict sunshine better than oil folks can predict oil and gas. And Google's investment of $280 million in residential solar with Solar City seems to be a great move and a new opportunity for those in the roofing related installation business whoContinue reading “New opportunity for roofers as Google invests $280 million in residential solar”
Privacy: from Pentagon Papers to Wikileaks and transparent Airbus in 2050
From yesterday the Pentagon Papers relating to the Vietnam war can be downloaded. At the time in 1971 the whole "leak"thing was an international scandal that lasted for years. Flash foward to Wikileaks 40 years later and the world media has lost interest and there is public protest in support of the alleged culprit PrivateContinue reading “Privacy: from Pentagon Papers to Wikileaks and transparent Airbus in 2050”
US Employment: Opportunity at the high knowledge end and the high touch end
Rana Faroohar of Time discusses the 5 myths of the economic recovery. And a variety of folks have been talking about some of these issues for a long time, notably Thomas Friedman in his The World is Flat that in part, inspired the start of this blog. It's becoming clearer there are only two endsContinue reading “US Employment: Opportunity at the high knowledge end and the high touch end”
US Innovation: A High-Tech small sector led growth is the answer ?
Where can US Innovation lead to jobs is a question on everyone's minds. A clue is from today's stock rally, spurred in part by the Fusion-io IPO, after six days of stock market losses. Fusion-io makes flash memory storage and its largest customer is Facebook who use their infrastructure to manage all those millions ofContinue reading “US Innovation: A High-Tech small sector led growth is the answer ?”
Why Ford Motors strategy on emerging markets and small cars is great for 50% growth
Alan Mulally of Ford Motors sees 50% growth from the emerging markets of China,India and Africa. They are increasing small car models from five to fifteen in China and from three to eight in India.In an earlier post this blog had discussed about how Mulally reduced complexity at Ford and it seems that the currentContinue reading “Why Ford Motors strategy on emerging markets and small cars is great for 50% growth”
How Google Analytics improves search and changes Market Research Industry
The market research field before the Internet, used to be just about figuring out what customers preferred,bought , the media they watched. The traditional technique of gathering information was based on statistical sampling ( you had to ask a sample of people from your target market) and then tried to predict what the the restContinue reading “How Google Analytics improves search and changes Market Research Industry”
Medium is the message: from theatre to movie and Print/TV to the Internet
If you have acted in a play, or have watched stage acters rehearse, you know what I mean, by medium is the message. A play or theatre needs you (the actor) to throw your voice to the last row , just in case the audio does not work. You also need to exaggerate your expressionsContinue reading “Medium is the message: from theatre to movie and Print/TV to the Internet”
Internet increases complexity for the supply chain
The Internet is great as it allows search engines (Google,Yahoo,MSN etc.) and social media (Facebook,Twitter) to create algorithms that deliver personalised content to the Internet user. Based on this highly segmented audience search engines and social media can now provide highly segmented and "customized" advertising targets. Advertising is cost efficient and highly effective because nowContinue reading “Internet increases complexity for the supply chain”
Linkedin IPO and Granovetter’s “Strength of Weak Ties” job seeker
The Linkedin IPO is expected to go public on Thursday – so why should we remember Granovetter's 1973 article on "The Strength of Weak Ties"? Mark Granovetter is a Stanford sociologist, who wrote by some accounts, the most influential sociological article ever in "The Strength of Weak Ties". Keep in mind that the article cameContinue reading “Linkedin IPO and Granovetter’s “Strength of Weak Ties” job seeker”