According to Pew Research 57% people have Googled themselves. On the CNN website an informal poll puts the number at over 80%. This is the Snow white “mirror mirror on the wall” effect in the digital age ! I was surprised that young people actually monitor their online reputations more closely than older people. TheContinue reading “Google,Scholar and B2B “Mirror mirror on the wall””
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“If it stinks,put a lid on it ! ” and Toyota problems
The concept of “face saving” and “shame” is critical to the eastern cultures,and yet unfathomable to the Westerner. Even to those Westerners who are the most open to Eastern cultures.Geert Hofstede compares Japanese and US cultures and yet the concept of shame is beyond the Hofstede dimensions.
NBC Tonight Show, Jay Leno and New Coke
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Innovation and the Christmas spirit
Walk into any store, office or organization and you get that festive feeling these days. I wonder why many places are pretty foreboding for rest of the year, probably more so in the unhappy states. People simply hate work, generally, except during the holiday period – when things are distinctly more cheery. Lots of researchContinue reading “Innovation and the Christmas spirit”
Global B2B implications of Obama Nobel Prize, Free Global Telephony and Twitter
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) {} No sooner I found out that President Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize , I called my old friend from Vadodara,India – the longtime hometown andContinue reading “Global B2B implications of Obama Nobel Prize, Free Global Telephony and Twitter”
Increasing clicks and reducing bricks – why Amazon may match Wal-Mart
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Strategies in the Age of Turbulence- Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty.
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Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell- Three Takeaways
“Success” according to Gladwell is not only a function of one individual’s grit and determination but is related to a whole bunch of “preparation” that goes in by family,culture,history,date of birth and so on.
Billy Mays-Death of a true salesman
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) {} The passing of Michael Jackson had overshadowed all other news but I thought we should not miss out celebrating Billy Mays. I find Arthur Miller’s play somewhat unkindContinue reading “Billy Mays-Death of a true salesman”
Five Differences between B2B marketing and supply chain managers
Here are five differences between B2B marketing and sales managers and supply chain managers as a sort of continuation of my earlier post: Marketing managers being outward facing are constantly looking for opportunities sometimes without regard to what their organization can really do. Supply Chain managers first look inside before looking outside at suppliers –Continue reading “Five Differences between B2B marketing and supply chain managers”