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 […]
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. […]
Optimising What? Why Business Transformations Fail?
Business Transformations of Supply Chain Optimisation has always been a hot topic for strategists and business transformations executives. Now, as the mantle for leading corporations is moving from strategists to the integrationists and supply chain leaders – optimisation is hotter than ever before. When discussing business transformations, in my workshops, presentations and speeches, in particular I […]
Departmental Silos: The Achilles Heel of Your Company
Departmental Silos: The Achilles Heel of Your Company Departmental Silos: The Achilles Heel of Your Company AUTHOR VIVEK SOOD TIME TO READ 6 minutes last update January 14, 2022 Businesses are gradually being chained by a number of forces so ubiquitous and accepted by all of us, that we fail to notice their impact on […]
business planning | why your business might suffer ?
To combat the symptoms of departmental silos many organizations implement a very rigid Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Business Planning This helps run their internal processes and coordinates inter-departmental communication. By their nature, these systems are very formulaic and prescriptive with a one-size fits all approach to planning. Now a different bunch of problems start surfacing […]
If Your Business Has Too Much Internal Focus, You Could Be Missing Out
Internal Focus It’s no surprise that customers hate companies with too much focus. As organizations free up their inter-departmental planning from rigidities, the communications start to bloom. Efficiency improves considerable and everybody starts running together, faster. However, a higher set of problems emerge due to lack of external focus – on suppliers, customers, and end-consumers. […]
A Revamped Business Model: The Introduction of Customer Centric
New challenges need new responses. The common organizational model looks like the generic drainpipe structure, meeting the mammalian need for an ordered hierarchy and flow of power within a business. Most companies have evolved in the last 2 decades and their functioning has become almost entirely customer centric. Their customers’ priorities drive most of the […]
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, […]
