Beware hiring outside talent
Also in Sloan Mgt Review, good to see a warning from Boris Groysberg and friends about the risks of hiring outside stars. Getting your hands on scarce talent Read more
Make use of customer complaints
Neat article on this in Sloan Management Review Read more
Winners from the down-turn?
Good to know that, as in earlier tough times, applications at business schools are running at record rates [+20% on last year in one case I heard of] . Let’s hope – really hope! – they get taught some solid, professional strategic management skills while doing their MBAs, so they don’t repeat the awful errors of some who went before !
IT/communications technology
Just come back from a great talk by Brian Levy, HP’s Chief Technology Office for Communications & Media. Amongst many useful insights he offered were Read more
Losers in consulting from the down-turn
After seeing that business school applications are up, following the release of professional staff from banking etc, I see the consulting sector is suffering a down-turn [Economist, 20-26 Sep]. They should have anticipated this, Read more
The banking crisis – again
I’ve gone on about this before, but it’s gone way, way worse since I last brought it up, so let’s not forget Read more
Smart airline strategy for the melt-down
Seeing the sector is anticipated to lose $5bn this year, and more in 09, who managed strategy well over the last 5 years? .. which of course would include anticipating and planning for the inevitable down-turn? Competent strategic management for most firms would imply Read more
Business academics go ‘relevant’
Just come back from the British Academy of Management conference in Harrogate – the get-together where many Business School faculty exchange latest thinking. The theme was ‘the Academy goes relevant!’ .. if only that were true ! Read more
How to Expand While Cutting Costs
An interesting article in on this topic, which is probably front of mind for quite a few organisations right now, in strategy+business. The article comes up with ’the frugal growth triangle’, on the working relationships between business units, corporate and shared functions. Unfortunately, Read more