Humanist values are universal and trump all others as an overriding principal of conduct in business relations.
As a strategic alliance expert who makes his living designing and optimizing international ecosystems, I often come across the issue of “cultural differences.” How do we achieve maximum efficiency and optimal team work across vast areas of beliefs, education, behaviors and organizational structures? [Read more…]
Business partnering is the development of formal strategic relationships between independent companies to achieve better results than one could reach on its own. The most common goal is to grow revenues and go-to-market capabilities. Business partnering can also enable cost savings by pooling fixed and variable costs.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Success Event this Monday will review and renew the progress being made towards the eight international development goals agreed to by all 189 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations.
Apprenticeship is a model of training passed down from one generation to the next. The explicit goal is to pass along a specific competency, a basic set of skills, in a structured manner. Most of the training is on-the-job working/learning within the framework of a formal agreement.
Is the apprenticeship model still relevant? [Read more…]
Collaborative sales have become the standard way of doing business and generating revenue growth for many companies. Collaborative sales through strategic alliances are more elaborate strategies to find new channels to market, augment capabilities and grow revenues. [Read more…]
Big data is more than just the latest IT trend, more than just a consultant buzz word, more than another technology improvement. Big data is a big deal. [Read more…]
Governance as a Service is a concept which is catching on quickly in the corporate world as a separate process from the traditional leadership and decision-making processes. [Read more…]
Ecosystems to grow your revenues and capabilities is an intelligent option for many professional services firms.
Ecosystems, within a context of business development, are communities of common interest, partnerships, groups of experts which come together to provide services to their clients. The growth strategy through ecosystem development involves business partnerships outside one’s own firm and often outside one’s traditional channels to market.
What if cities could talk? What would they say about the way energy is managed? Water? Parking? Traffic? Public transportation? What would the city tell us about its health care systems? Educational institutions? Municipal government?
What would the city tell us about its infrastructure? Buildings? Roads? Bridges? Electrical Grids? Sewage systems? Pollution? Public safety? Parks? Connectivity and communications?
What about soft indicators such as human urban dweller well-being? Quality of life? Tolerance? Diversity? Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?