Will BitCoin Ever Amount to Anything More Than a Bit?
When I wrote my just released book The 5-STAR Business Network I included just one paragraph on Bitcoin, using it as an example of emerging business network of dubious quality. Here is what I wrote in the book: An interesting phenomenon that is just emerging is online currencies being traded between the informal networks. These […]
Invent an iphone |What If You Could Invent Your Own IPhone 7?| vivek sood
iPhone 6 has not been released yet and the crowd that likes to call itself THE INNOVATORS is waiting with bated breaths to again stand in queues for whole nights for the next re-incarnation of the great innovation. Here is the challenge for this crowd – and a thought experiment for the rest of us. […]
Which Business Models are Now Obsolete? | vivek sood
Most effective business leaders relish the challenge of answering questions such as the following: Some Steps Of Business Models 1. Why did Apple sue Samsung while it continues to buy critical parts for its winning products from Samsung? 2. Why did Google create Android OS for mobile applications, and is now talking about opening its […]
Are the Global Business Networks Shortening the Success Cycle?
Global Business Networks The first business book that I read was “In Search of Excellence” by Tom Peters and . It was a gushing account by two ex-McKinsey consultants truly in search of excellence among American businesses, and plethora of advise that to my then untutored mind (after all, I was still just an untutored […]
Apple’s Business strategy To Dump Samsung or not-vivek sood
Has Apple Learnt the Lesson That Dell Never Learnt? | Business Strategy Apple has grappled with this conundrum for a while now – when, if at all, to dump Samsung? There comes a point in every business network when the erstwhile suppliers become more powerful than the ‘customer’. Dell continued to rely on its suppliers […]
Life Cycle Management – vivek sood
Life Cycle Management (LCM) is an integrated approach to managing the total life cycle of products and services for sustainable consumption and production. LCM takes the concept of life cycle engineering (LCE) further as the focus is not only on a particular product, but uses the activities of all those partners in the supply chain […]
BPOs – How to Avoid the Most Common Cause of Outsourcing Failure
By Doug Hudgeon The Cost Reduction Tip In the Eric Carle children’s story, The Mixed Up Chameleon, a chameleon attempts to become the perfect animal by adopting the best parts of different animals e.g. an elephant’s trunk, a giraffe’s long neck etc. At the end of the book, he’s so mixed up that he cannot […]
Outcompete Anyone Using Your Business Network
Business Network System Thought leaders have a five star business network. They leverage of the value created by their business and supplier contacts to outcompete rivals and stay relevant. Your business can outcompete rivals too using its network. There are a number of ways your business can achieve this goal. Firstly, build a good business […]
What You are making is Worth ?
One of my posts on LinkedIn sparked a lot of interest and a healthy debate. I am not sure about the reason for interest but seems like people agree with the above statement, as well as its reverse Supply Chain Network System The person who does less than s/he is paid for, will soon be […]
The Universe of Workology | 5 star business|vivek sood
I cannot claim to know everything in the universe of workology. But after starting work at the age of 17 and worked almost continuously (barring a few short breaks for full time studies), for the last 34 years I do have a perspective. And, I do not hesitate to share it when the need arises. Recently, […]
