Well, this post is not that strategic. It is more an example that life still writes the prime stories. If I would try to name it as a strategic issue I would argue that card counting (changes in the environment) in blackjack (the product) shifted the probability to win (financial objective) from a casino to […]

We are back from our “annual”one week holiday trip to Mallorca (compare this old post from 2007). For a very specific reason we decided to travel a month earlier this year; we going to post this reason somewhen in summer. April is a good time for visiting this beautiful island, too. Compared to May the […]

Sometimes friends raise the question whether we would spend the entire weekend in front of our computers. Well, that is an interesting question. But a good friend did ask a more specific question: How many leisure times is left for you after writing blog posts and running your management portals? I think that this question […]

Well, there are number of personal attributes I really appreciate. Precision, focus, commitment and self-motivation are some of them. But there is another one, no matter for what type of business you are working for: A good sense of humor.
The next video features a very important person who had an impact on all our IT-life […]

According to various management journals, management speeches, and scientific studies we know that employees can be one important source for innovation, corporate value and competitive advantages. Hence it is very easy to find a number of publications “how to motivate” and “how to manage” (your staff). Well I won’t discuss the question whether it is […]

Terms like „Strategic changes“ or even the term „change of the previous strategy“ can be found quite often when organizations want to demonstrate their focused flow of activities to improve their situation. One could guess it is more an announcement to lull the public, stakeholders or shareholders.
So, a couple of days ago I found this […]

Hybrid consumers and their unpredictable behaviour have confused retailers and manufacturers in the last decade.
Obviously companies seemed to have decided to change the rules of the game, to respond to those consumer needs, and to muddle up their offers. Now Sony has decided to adapt this trend. For the new playstation III-game “Grand Tourismo HD” […]

It is amazing how “cool” some German companies generate spam. Today I discovered a spam
mail within my mail inbox that has this end: This is no mass advertising or even spam (really?) but some grave and specific information (….I did not ask for)! We assume, which interests you in forms of serious business information you might have (…your assumption is wrong….). If you should wish no more business information […]

Who is Eddie? Eddie is the mascot of our company and their websites. He is interested in all issues on strategic management. His favourite topics are strategy and strategic planning. He has his own view on the world and wants to comment a lot of things that come to his small mind. But do not […]