The history of fuel economy standards in the US automobile industry is an excellent example of typical resistance to Breakthrough. It portrays how yesterday’s environmental obstruction is today’s common sense.
Several years ago, I discovered that one of the technology partners of my firm had a nickname for me – it is “CJ”. For the life of me, I could not figure-out how they came-up with that as a nickname. I mean, my brother’s name is Christopher John – so that would actually make some sense. But he…
Fraught with efficiency in so many other area’s, it seems somewhat ironic that the vast majority of German companies give little thought to corporate spying. Security officials and corporate executives have indicated that this is heavily influenced by German history – specifically memories of the Nazi Gestapo and Communist Stasi spy agencies. These memories have…
Increasingly, successful companies are beginning to recognize that good brand relationships with their employees are more important than good brand relationships with their customers. They understand that employees should be happy first in order to make the customers happy and that corporate brand loyalty starts with employee’s engagement. This can be realized by aligning the…
Are Indian firms really going to take over the world? Only time will tell, but India’s overnight shift toward the globalization of its firms is undoubtedly impressive. However, suspicions remain that a number of these firms may not be structurally capable of handling any further large international deals. Not only this, but Indian acquisitions have…
Cheap China is no more. Manufacturers are realizing that inexpensive labor is becoming increasingly rare in the manufacturing haven. How will this impact China, and subsequently, the rest of the world? While companies are not about to shut down their China-based factories and bustle off to somewhere cheaper, China is being presented with a challenge:…
