// <![CDATA[ var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-857684-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); // ]]> What's similar between the utility and electricity business and the healthcare insuranceContinue reading “Re-thinking Medical Insurance Business as an Electricity Business- executing healthcare reform”
Category Archives: Leadership and Management
Do more with less for your business-Segment your customers and suppliers for Internet “self service”
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Aligning human and financial resources, overcoming politics big challenges to innovation says McKinsey study
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Let’s be fair to the BP report for recognizing B2B and Supply Chain control and oversight
The media coverage of the BP report highlights the blame game between BP and its subcontractors. But to be fair to the BP report there is a part in the full BP report (Section 6 Part 5 page 185 of 192) that spells out what BP and the offshore oil drilling industry might like toContinue reading “Let’s be fair to the BP report for recognizing B2B and Supply Chain control and oversight”
Organizatinal change and innovation- understanding tribes in Afghanistan and thinning out
September, 2010 .Face it – innovation and change in organizations is really difficult but most business organizational change and innovation pale in comparison to what Gen Petraeus needs to deliver in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, we have thousands of years of poor governance compared to the benchmark of the observers’ governance standard of the time. ButContinue reading “Organizatinal change and innovation- understanding tribes in Afghanistan and thinning out”
Highest value of Merger and Acquision (M&A) deals in ten years: $275 B $ in August
What is the operative word in “M&A deals” you might wonder -in this slow economy? Well it is “deal” given the “give-up and get out” mood of a whole bunch of selling businesses. The bright news is that there are a whole bunch of cash rich firms looking for deals in this slow economy and the volume of $275 B $ in August 2010 is the highest in 10 years,
[ Note: This post is from, September 1, 2010 and is updated on May 18, 2021 for formatting only]
The concept of “good enough”- Gen Petraeus”We’re not trying to turn Afghanistan into Switzerland in 5 years or less,”
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iPhone4 antenna problems missed by the lack of situated knowledge?
var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-857684-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); It seems that situated knowledge went missing at the iPhone4 development with a new manager forContinue reading “iPhone4 antenna problems missed by the lack of situated knowledge?”
The Facebook Webshift: WikiLeaks and Shirely Sherrod
This is what we call the “Facebook Webshift.” (This post from July 2010). Just look at Bradley Manning the alleged WikiLeaks person and he could be just any “invincible” college undergrad- anywhere in the world with an average of 300+ Facebook friends- many whom he has not actually met or dealt with. Everyone trusts everyoneContinue reading “The Facebook Webshift: WikiLeaks and Shirely Sherrod”
“Simplifying” at Ford – Alan Mulally reduces complexity
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