Sick Sigma
Six Sigma is being used in lots of new ways. Critics call the trend dangerous.
Content: Article | Author: Bob Gilbert | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Management, Operations
The Seven Myths of Knowledge Management
If you look at how companies approach knowledge management, you can see that the problem is in the execution. Companies commonly make catastrophic mistakes by falling for one of these seven myths.
Content: Article | Author: Marc Rosenberg | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Knowledge Management
Smart, Wealthy Company Seeks Good-Looking, Sophisticated Companion
Companies can no longer just worry about branding. Co-branding is the new game.
Content: Article | Authors: Chris Lederer, Sam Hill | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Business Development, Marketing / Sales
Design of the Times
Even though the easy-money days for ‘dot-coms’ are gone, here are five ways to still win.
Content: Article | Author: Chunka Mui | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Strategy
Charles Handy
America strikes world-weary Europeans as an adolescent nation. It revels in junk food and has adolescent clothes and tastes. It accepts some types of extreme behavior, such as guns and drugs, which some find distasteful. These flaws are balanced as a whole, though, by the enthusiasm of adolescence and the inability to see the downsides of situations. That’s why I like to get to America … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Motivation
The Elephant and the Flea
Charles Handy discusses the increasing segregation of the working world into large organizations and independent workers and the associated implications. Also discussed is America’s optimistic spirit.
Content: Article | Author: Pegeen Hopkins | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: International – Americas, Organizational Behavior
Charles Handy
more good insight from this British luminary
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Management
Collusion Damage
“The Internet makes it easy for everyone to compare prices – not just the buyers, but sellers, too. Businesses check prices with search engines that are just as good as any consumer’s, and they probably use the tools more often. Once businesses see competitors’ pricing, they may react instantly – but not necessarily in ways that will lead to price cuts. Instead, businesses with great … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: David Choi | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Management, Pricing
Hand in Hand
New technologies rarely replace old ones. Smart companies will create innovative hybrids.
Content: Article | Author: Mohanbir Sawhney | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Innovation
The Net Net
Priceline’s founder says there are exactly four ways to make money on-line.
Content: Article | Author: Jay Walker | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Strategy
Weapon of Math Destruction
A simple formula explains why the Internet is wreaking havoc on business models.
Editor’s Note: I thought a lot was left unsaid and no limits to the theory were presented (e.g. when infrastructure exists, but tools to take advantage of it by the users don’t). Nevertheless, it is an interesting concept worthy of consideration and further exploreation.
Content: Article | Author: David P. Reed | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Economics, Miscellaneous