In peer to peer file sharing terminology a seeder is somebody who shares content like movies or music with his peers. A leech however, is a person who uses the kindness of the seeder and only downloads content for his own use, without adding or sharing content themselves. The same type of behaviour is visible in businesses and in our new way of communicating in … Continue reading Are you a leech or a seeder?
The new decade starts with economic recovery after the biggest economic downturn in our global economy since the internet bubble busted. Soon there will be enough money, confidence, interest and blind trust to start new trends and hypes, which many will follow, spend money on and some will make rich. Trend watchers, thought leaders and bloggers are coming up with the hottest and newest trends. … Continue reading Talk trends or lead trends
Supply chain professionals love telling one another how important the supply chain is. In magazines, at congresses and online, we convince each other of the importance of our professional field. And as supply chain professionals, we can honestly be rather proud of how far we’ve come. From MRP and DRP via JIT and multi echelon inventory on to CPFR. From supply chain via demand chain … Continue reading The behavioural Supply Chain
As we are at the start of a new decade we are still recovering from the largest worldwide economic crisis in generations and the latest flu pandemic, swine flu. It is worth thinking about what will be the Supply Chain trends for this new decade. What should, beside increased financial risk management be our focus and where do we have to excel to live through … Continue reading Supply Chain trend of the decade
In last year’s second edition of the McKinsey quarterly, an article about change management revealed that according to a 2008 McKinsey study of 3,199 executives around the world, only 30% of change transformations are successful. The article mentioned that the groundbreaking 1996 change study – Leading Change – from John Kotter, found the same success rate for change programs. Although the scope of a change … Continue reading The change paradox
The private equity companies that bought half the world in the last couple of years, in search of quick money and the highest possible returns for their investors, are starting to sell some of their portfolio again. Companies are being floated on the stock market, or sold to bigger multinationals that easily survived the financial crisis and still have enough cash in their pocket. As … Continue reading The Supply Chain come-back
Since I came to Australia in January 2009, I make a point to chat to cab drivers and check where they’re originally from. So it happened that I spoke to Afghan, Pakistan, Indian and Russian cab drivers who came to the island for different reasons, but all had one thing in common: they loved Australia and thought it was a very good country to live … Continue reading Australia; a consumer paradise?
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