...employee morale and retention has increased.” Chubb Computer Services is in this business, so it may have an axe to grind. On the other hand, it’s also in the staffing...…
...Ownership” for personal computers, and of course I assumed everyone reading it understood the uselessness of searching for increased productivity. Nope. So think of this as repetition #2. More will...…
...insights, deep involvement in the details, and lots of temperament — isn’t even uncommon. You’ll find it in many and possibly most of the great restaurants. What Steve Jobs was...…
...explain why it will never fly (it’s impossible in the first place, it won’t scale up, it’s technology-driven instead of a response to customer demand … you know this predictable...…
...we, as a nation, invest little in developing better treatments, as evidenced by the National Institutes of Health, which includes the National Eye Institute and National Institute on Deafness and...…
...actual competitiveness the company’s financial performance magically improves. Now imagine you’re in charge, and you have a relentless focus on long-term sustainability instead. What would you do differently? High on...…
...would lay out the company’s you’re-way-beyond-our-zero-tolerance-for-bigotry-and-harassment policy. But this isn’t going to happen – it would result in too much tangible risk, for rewards that are too intangible to warrant...…
...a reason. Forget your GG/BG lens, and focus (sorry) with your Business Strategy lens instead (no, no acronym for that, and if the reason isn’t clear, figure it out). On...…
...Even when companies bought non-IBM components, everything fit the IBM model for functional elements, specifications, and interfaces. The strategy worked because you could buy every component from IBM if you...…
...the competition. In the case at hand, one company’s executives considered the merger an opportunity to create a new company with enhanced capabilities and economies of scale. The executives in...…