| Showcasing
new trends in Management & Strategy |
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| Attention
Underlings: That's Mister Conway to You. And I Am Not a PeoplePerson! |
| Craig
Conway came to software maker PeopleSoft almost three years ago with a fearsome
reputation as a tough-guy boss. Many employees worried that he would mangle
PeopleSoft's beloved, if strange, corporate culture. He did -- and may have
saved the company in the process. |
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| Tip
of the Iceberg (PDF) |
| This
article by the Juran Institute,
provides a case for the implementation of proper quality standards, stating
that a company can improve efficiency and economy, by adopting higher quality
standards in functioning. |
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| Survival
Is Not Enough |
| Hey,
it's a jungle out there! So if you want to win, do more than embrace change
-- learn how to evolve. |
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| 12
Management Tips for Slow Times |
| Slow
times call for new strategies and some very old spending habits. Thrift,
that quaint Calvinist virtue, could be the "first-mover advantage" of the
21st century. |
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| Beyond
the Wireless Bubble |
| The
Orange story - how it entered the cellphone arena, what it did differently
and where it plans to go. |
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| The
Essential Guide to web services |
| An
article for the manager that, "will help you understand what Web services
are, how they work, why they won't be the answer to every technology problem
and what responsibilities a business executive has in shaping a company's
Web services plans". |
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| Boooorrriinng!!! |
| An
excellent article which talks about the L'ecole Philippe Gaulier a nontraditional
school in North London, that teaches uses theatre, to teach would-be leaders
to help get to know themselves much better, and through that, to be able
to command and lead much better. |
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| The
7 Habits of Highly Persistent Dotcoms |
| With
the dot-com bust, a number of online retailers have closed down. The others
are having to rethink thier models. Read about Seth Greenberg and Ken Kikkawa
who now run eHobbies and just refuse to give up. |
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| Cleaning
Up Brand Clutter |
| In
this Fast Company
interview, Peter Sealey (author of Simplicity Marketing), states
that companies need to limit the different brands that they have and to
make simplicity a key part of their branding strategy, in order to make
choosing a product easier for the consumer. |
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| Carving
Out a Niche |
| The
story of Chorus Snowboards - the first company to launch quality snowboards
for women. Snowboarding has traditionally been a sport dominated by men,
and Chorus had to both carve out a market, as well as reach out to their
existing consumers. Find out how the 5 women founders managed it. |
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