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Zombie projects are the enemies of well-intentioned innovation initiatives in many organizations, regardless of industry or region. These projects fail for whatever reason and do not fulfill their promise. Yet they trudge on, sucking up resources without any real hope of positively impacting a company’s strategy or revenue prospects…
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Nigeria’s large population and oil reserves see it well placed for international business. However, instead of being inundated with international business interest, misgovernment, rampant corruption and dismal infrastructure have been found to kill off any appeal the country had. In 2003, the World Bank has begun publishing a “Doing Business” survey, comparing countries in terms…
According to the Economist, bosses’ careers are more vulnerable than ever in the social-media age. This article begins with an outline of a cartoon borrowed from the New Yorker magazine, that featured three monkeys in a row: one with a microphone (labelled “hear all evil”), one with a television camera (“see all evil”) and one with…
What are we missing in the OpEx movement? We have talked so much about the Six Sigma and lean thinking, and how the two, used together (not just one or the other) lead us to operational excellence. Is respect for people the missing link? When I went to Kentucky, two decades ago, to study Lean…
I have lived in an age where technology advances have been rather amazing and certainly life-changing for the vast majority of persons on the planet. I have witnessed: the birth of manned space-flight culminating with sending men to the moon and returning safely back to Earth; trans/inter-continental flights becoming routine; the birth of the personal…
Apple and Tesla are two of the world’s most talked-about companies. They are also two of the most vertically integrated. Apple not only writes much of its own software, but designs its own chips and runs its own shops. Tesla, on the other hand, is another multi-billion venture that aims to transform the world’s power…
India’s economy – which was thought to be on the path to speedy economic growth – appears to be experiencing anything but. The countries recent GDP figures are the worst in 9 years, and an economic comeback at this point seems unlikely. Expectations for growth over the next couple of years will probably slip further,…
