January 2, 2009
by Oliver
Comments Off on 2008 – a great year!
Well, we do not have been published posts for a while. There is a very good reason. Also the headline might be confusing. Enterprises, people, and governments have to manage the results of a large financial crisis that started as … Continue reading
October 21, 2008
by Oliver
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When I read about this advertising campaign I remembered a specific strategic approach called “judo strategy”. This strategy was presented in the book “Judo Strategy: Turning Your Competitors’ Strength to Your Advantage”; the authors describe an approach how this kind … Continue reading
October 11, 2008
by Oliver
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In mid September we published a short post with the title “the worse is yet to come“. Now, one month later, we can observe worst case scenarios becoming reality. Black swan effects test the survivability of financial institutions. Large banks … Continue reading
August 28, 2008
by Oliver
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How important is education? Well, we know that education (as process) and knowledge gained (as a result) has become an important factor to differentiate organizations and to establish (or at least to support) competitive advantages. Today knowledge can have the … Continue reading
May 4, 2008
by Oliver
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Last week I received a newsletter from McKinsey concerning some selected articles. The major purpose was to present some thoughts around the 7 S Framework. Furthermore the newsletter suggested some other publications from The McKinsey Quarterly; some of them have … Continue reading
May 1, 2008
by Dagmar
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The race of the two presidential candidates of the Democrats in the US, Mr. Obama and Ms. Clinton, is becoming more and more dramatic. It receives extensive media coverage and surely has many interesting aspects. It even fits into our … Continue reading
April 20, 2008
by Oliver
Comments Off on Hardware for Holiday trips
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. … Continue reading
April 5, 2008
by Dagmar
Comments Off on Blue Ocean Strategy – Or: Latest News?
I know, the headline of this post doesn’t sound very topical. Don’t worry, this will not become a review of a not-so-new management book. However, exactly that is what I found on the website of Financial Times Deutschland last Friday. … Continue reading
March 1, 2008
by Oliver
Comments Off on Work hard – play hard – start early
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 … Continue reading
February 9, 2008
by Oliver
Comments Off on Confusing customers
I am back from my recent business trip to Istanbul. There is a saying in German which translated has the meaning of traveling would be equal to education. In this particular case I had to learn that companies still have … Continue reading