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Back on Top
According to the Economist, the year 2009 turned out to be a low point for the American firm, but its resurgence has been remarkable. Currently, nine out of the ten most valuable companies are American, which puts America right back on top of business on a global scale. With its economy energised, not least by cheap shale gas,…
The Euro’s Future Can Be Found in the Dollar’s Past
I have been quizzed by some readers, “What do currencies in general – and the challenges facing the Euro and its member countries in particular – have to do with Operational Excellence?” For that matter, what do discussions that involve “geo-politics” have to do with Operational Excellence? Both are very fair questions.
State of Readiness | Alan Cruce; NASA Research Pilot – SOFIA
In this conversation, Alan shares his life’s journey as a pilot. From earning his pilot’s license before most people earn their driver’s license all the way to becoming a research pilot for NASA and it’s SOFIA program. I met Alan while I was on assignment in Denver. He and his team from NASA were also…
State of Readiness – Operational Excellence as Precursor to becoming a High-Perforamnce Organization
The company of today has its supply chains and finances stretched further around the globe than ever before while simultaneously having increasing pressures to drive value across a complicated and fluid set of metrics and deliver innovations, products, and services more quickly and reliably. The competitive advantage belongs to the companies that can quicken their…
What’s the Value of a Like?
Summary. Brands spend billions of dollars a year on lavish efforts to establish and maintain a social media presence. But do those campaigns actually increase revenue? New research provides an answer to this question, which has vexed marketers ever since social media burst upon the scene. In a series of experiments, the researchers tested four increasingly…
What is the True Cost of Outsourcing?
People are naturally seduced by a “deal”. We gravitate to signs in stores and on billboards that proclaim, 50% off” or “Buy-one Get-one”. We like to think that we are paying far less for something that we have a right to – that somehow we got the “better” of our opponent. We take a smug…