November 13, 2006
by Oliver
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How can you frustrate your long term customers? There are a lot of ideas in the market to do this, but I did not expect such a surprise from this particular company. My desktop is Windows 2000 workstation. Everything (all … Continue reading
November 13, 2006
by Oliver
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Often I receive questions concerning interdependencies between strategy and risk management. There is no general answer but at the end of the day we have to accept that our strategic decisions (as well those measures without a decision) have an … Continue reading
November 12, 2006
by Oliver
Comments Off on Our world in a search engine?
In Germany there is a very interesting business magazine. It is called “Brand eins”. Translated into English it means “Brand One”. The second headline is “the other business magazin” and I can confirm that the editors, authors and articles are … Continue reading
November 8, 2006
by Oliver
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There are a lot of definitions for strategic planning. Also there are a lot of critics and discussion about it; I agree that in general it is not possible organise the generation of insight and synthesis. Other critic factors focus on … Continue reading
November 7, 2006
by Dagmar
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Today I read an announcement for a new book from German management consultant and thought leader Hermann Simon. As it says, he urges managers to shift their primary focus away from market share orientation towards profit orientation. Simon argues that … Continue reading
November 7, 2006
by Oliver
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As posted a couple of days ago, it is very likely that we all going to be observers of the next major conflict between the „copyright empire†and the videoportals. The GEMA (the company that takes care for copyright issues … Continue reading
November 6, 2006
by Oliver
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Today I found a very interesting study, which seems to have no relation to strategy. Its title is “The global State of Information Security 2006â€, a worldwide study by CIO, CSO and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. But inside the survey results some very … Continue reading
November 5, 2006
by Dagmar
Comments Off on Is Strategy the Path or the Objective?
Well, you may be inclined to say both. Henry Mintzberg goes even further with his concept of ‘Four P’s for Strategy’: Path, Perspective (equivalent to objective), Pattern and Ploy. But let’s stay with the path and the objective. Of course, … Continue reading
November 5, 2006
by Oliver
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I would like to discuss an issue for which I posted my first opinions a couple of days ago. These days we can read a lot about web 2.0. It is said that users are not only consumers of web … Continue reading
November 4, 2006
by Dagmar
Comments Off on How often do you touch your strategy?
Recently I talked to a freelance consultant who had been working for a company in a turnaround situation for the last couple of months. This company had been through a long and severe crisis and had now – under new … Continue reading