"Power" in distribution channels is a fascinating topic and so is the notion of organizational power on which Jeffery Pfeffer had a book out that this blog discussed in an earlier post. But this post is about the six bases of power (see the lower part of the Wikipedia page) that seem to be changingContinue reading “Organizational bases of power: what’s up and what’s down with the Internet ?”
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Happy 100th Birthday to Oreo cookies: keeping the soul of a brand
In a rapidly changing world- Oreo cookies give you a sense of stability and comfort and that is the soul of the Oreo brand. The largest selling cookie of the 20th century has survived numerous wars,technology upheavals,financial meltdowns and extreme globalization. If you were used in childhood to "twist,lick and dunk" and are now watchingContinue reading “Happy 100th Birthday to Oreo cookies: keeping the soul of a brand”
What is the most important attribute in GE Jack Welch’s 4E and 1P?
Previous posts on GE Jack Welch’s 4E’s and 1P on the StratoServe blog are very popular. Sort of leads you to think about which of the four E’s and one P really matter? But first a quick recap, although they appear in earlier posts. We’ll talk about 3E’s and the the one P first andContinue reading “What is the most important attribute in GE Jack Welch’s 4E and 1P?”
Dow over 12,000: Globalization can work on the governance side as six Central Banks Co-ordinate.
That the Dow closed over 12,000 today is great news.The European debt crisis had cast a pall of gloom across stock markets worldwide and in the US things looked bleak till the news that six Central Banks of the world had come together to enhance financial liquidity in their respective markets. If the "Occupy Movement"Continue reading “Dow over 12,000: Globalization can work on the governance side as six Central Banks Co-ordinate.”
Organizational routines are much maligned to hinder innovation but are critical for execution
Somehow organizational routines have got a bad rep (reputation) when it comes to innovation. "Not invented here" is that kind of view where "tradition" and "custom" takes precedence above trying to do something new or innovative. But guess what ? "Customs" bring us closer to being a tribe which is amusingly one of our basicContinue reading “Organizational routines are much maligned to hinder innovation but are critical for execution”
The 16$ muffin and understanding B2G and B2B buying and payment processes
The 16$ muffin has outraged Americans given that you can get a fairly decent muffin for about $2. In fact, Senator Chuck Grassley has asked for "heads to roll" and BBC has run a story of how impossible it is to come up with a$16 muffin. Given the B2B and also B2G focus of thisContinue reading “The 16$ muffin and understanding B2G and B2B buying and payment processes”
Feedback is really important in the ICT Model of input-process-output
Given the interest of blog readers on the ICT model based on a past post, it’s important to emphasize the value of feedback to the inputs and process part of the ICT model. To recall the ICT (or Information Communication Technology) model is depicted as input—> process—> output with a feedback loop to input from the quality of the output as depicted in the ICT diagram above. The feedback is really important.
So much data and so little insight
Given the enormous amount of domain knowledge that exists in both theory and practice , its sort of amazing that organizations are getting carried away with the sexiness of big data as Jim Goodnight of SAS mentions. You would wonder why all this analysis still leads to the mortgage mess, and debt crisis across manyContinue reading “So much data and so little insight”
Directors want to spend more time on strategy, risk and talent says McKinsey Global Study
The Board of Directors of surveyed companies by McKinsey want to spend more time on Strategy,Risk and Talent than they are doing. According to the McKinsey study the the time spent on these things have not gone up since the economic crisis. So where is the problem? Most times the Board of Directors just goContinue reading “Directors want to spend more time on strategy, risk and talent says McKinsey Global Study”
US Jobs McKinsey : more management work from “soup to nuts” ?
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” ?”