November 28, 2010
by Oliver
Comments Off on Customers – Your best personal Innovators
Recently I took part in a quite interesting discussion concerning innovation. The discussion focused on the generation of innovative ideas by using collaboration tools and web 2.0 / social media approaches. There were a number of interesting aspects, i.e. which … Continue reading
November 14, 2010
by Oliver
Comments Off on Two ideas for improving strategic planning
This post has the objective to analyze and to discuss one selected problem and barrier related to the strategic planning process; those problems and barriers for a sound strategic planning process have been indentified in both the academic and the … Continue reading
April 7, 2010
by Dagmar
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This is a quote from the famous zoologist and animal film-maker Bernhard Grzimek. I liked this quote right from the beginning because it made me smile and it seemed to have the potential for a running gag. I want to … Continue reading
November 1, 2009
by Dagmar
Comments Off on Babies and Strategy
As you might remember, our team was completed by our baby last year. Our little daughter is now 14 months old and makes us very happy. Looking back at the time with her, I see some parallels between living with … Continue reading
September 17, 2009
by Oliver
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Keeping track of all tasks and projects can be difficult sometimes. However, this is an essential part of manager’s roles. That led us to the question, whether there are any small pieces of software which might help managers to keep … Continue reading
September 4, 2009
by Oliver
Comments Off on Heroes of cost cutting
A provider of on-demand sales tools and related services has published an interesting paper on cost cutting. Its title is quite promising: “Simple Savvy Savings – 9 ideas to make anyone a Cost-Cutting Hero”. The underlying idea behind this paper … Continue reading
June 23, 2009
by Oliver
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A few days ago I did participate in a discussion concerning the transfer of existing print mail campaigns to new e-mail-campaigns. An issue within this discussion was, whether and to what extent content and structure should be changed. The basic … Continue reading
May 26, 2009
by Oliver
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…and how to manage them. When company managers discuss their personal experiences in terms of external consultants you can find a broad range of opinions and beliefs. Point of views may vary between very positive experiences when hiring external knowledge … Continue reading
September 30, 2008
by Dagmar
Comments Off on Planning ahead for an unexpected crisis
Strategic planning is about preparing a business for the future. As we all know, a strategy should put a business in a position to maximally exploit potential chances and to minimize the damage of potential threats. We all witness the … Continue reading
April 27, 2008
by Oliver
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Since many, many years an amazing number of articles, books and studies discuss CRM systems and their importance or effects on corporate success. Furthermore companies did spent large amounts of capital for implementation, training and very often for consulting when … Continue reading