“Companies have to wake up to the fact that they are more than a product on a shelf. They’re behavior as well” – Robert Haas, Levi Strauss “Industry is at the heart of Europe and indispensable for finding solutions to the challenges of our society, today and in the future. Europe needs industry and industry… Continue reading How to create efficient and flexible flows
Category: Hyper competition
Backstage on Wall Street
On Saturday mornings, I like to browse and digest the current weeks issues of Time Magazine and Newsweek. I have subscribed to them since the 1980s and I have piles of old issues on paper, but no more. From this issue Newsweek is published only on iPad and other digital media. This transformation of the… Continue reading Backstage on Wall Street
Monopoly in Lagos–The story of African Growth
“I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.” – Nelson Mandela The Economist this week reports on the launch of a version of the Monopoly… Continue reading Monopoly in Lagos–The story of African Growth
Understanding Capabilities and the Dell Tragedy
Birmingham, England’s second largest city is falling behind. Some 14% of the population is unemployed and in some of the inner city areas the figure is higher than 30%. Two-fifths of Birmingham’s population lives in areas classified as in the 10% most deprived parts of England. Birmingham has become an example of poor management and… Continue reading Understanding Capabilities and the Dell Tragedy
Place Excellence and EU Horizon 2020 seminars in Zagreb
“The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up… His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way.” – Nikola Tesla During the last week of October 2012, Jörgen Eriksson, Lars-Göran Larsson and… Continue reading Place Excellence and EU Horizon 2020 seminars in Zagreb
The Innovators Dilemma
It is not the strongest of the species that survive nor the most intelligent but the one most responsive to change. – Clarence Darrow Now in the 21st century we live in hyper competitive markets. This means that whatever product or service your company can come up with and bring to the market, someone else… Continue reading The Innovators Dilemma
Do you know your customers’ needs?
In a world of hyper competition and commoditization, it is necessary for companies to find their “sweet spot” i.e. where your company meet customers’ needs in a way in which your competitors cannot. But how do you know what your customers need? Most companies realize that they can not just “push” out their products to… Continue reading Do you know your customers’ needs?
Some reflections from Harry´s Bar in Venice
I visited Venice in March 2011. The visit was while we in Bearing were working on the Place Management book, masterly authored by Christer Asplund and edited by Jacob Ikkala, and during the visit my thoughts were occupied with feedback on the important topics of the manuscript. I included some of the thoughts in this blog… Continue reading Some reflections from Harry´s Bar in Venice
Hyper Competition and the Speed of Change
Yesterday, in the weekend issue Friday – Sunday July 22-22, 2012, Wall Street Journal published a two page article about the decline and fall of Nokia. The title was “Nokia loses Mobile Lead Amid Bad Call on Phones”, with the sub title “Corporate Culture Lavished Funds on R&D but Squandered Chances to Bring Innovations to… Continue reading Hyper Competition and the Speed of Change