Strategic principles in the new E-conomy

August 18, 2009 at 11:20 · Filed under Management and tagged: Business, economy, Management, marketing, strategy

A strategic principle, as defined by Harvard’s article Transforming Corner-Office Strategy into Frontline Action, is:
“A memorable and actionable phrase that distills a company’s corporate strategy into its unique essence and communicates it throughout the organization” and has as goal to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage.

I strongly believe that for two reasons, strategic principles will become crucial in todays and future’s business:
* Generation Y
* Collaborative & co-creational economy

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The Cyborg society, just for the sake of it?

July 13, 2009 at 11:18 · Filed under Philosophy and tagged: economy, innovation, Philosophy, Technology

Yesterday I watched a documentary on Discovery Channel, talking about Artificial Intelligence and its impact and diffusion in society.
Achieving a cyborg-society is within reality, already in the present we’re part human and part machine, think about cell-phones, navigational systems, computers and so on.
Our society will be interconnected and overarched by a massive communication system which will contain 14 billion computers/devices in as little as five years from now, the step from thereon to a cyborg-world is small and achievable.
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Reflection: “Three Elements You Need for Successful Creation Spaces”

June 30, 2009 at 20:04 · Filed under Reviews and tagged: communities, crowdsourcing, economy, internet

Article: “Three Elements You Need for Successful Creation Spaces”
Source: Harvard Business Publishing

This article follows explains the three elements that will increase the value of the shared knowledge as discussed in “Reflection: “Introducing the Collaboration Curve” .

The three elements to succesfully achieve the incremental value, are:
* Participants
* Interactions
* Environments

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Reflection: “Introducing the Collaboration Curve”

June 30, 2009 at 10:49 · Filed under Reviews and tagged: communities, crowdsourcing, economy

Article: “Introducing the Collaboration Curve”
Source: Harvard Business Publishing

Interesting article on Network Effects and how people do amplify the Network Effects by improving theirselves (nodes) in being a part of the network.

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Plastic World

June 30, 2009 at 08:24 · Filed under Tellus Mater and tagged: economy, Tellus Mater

Three facts about plastic concerning our health and the health of Tellus Mater:

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Reflection: “Competitive Advantage Is Fleeting (And It’s Okay to Admit It)”

June 26, 2009 at 20:26 · Filed under Reviews and tagged: Business, economy, strategy

Article: “Competitive Advantage Is Fleeting (And It’s Okay to Admit It)”
Source: Harvard Business Publishing

Interesting article that pin-points to an implication of hypercompetition that has not yet gotten the deserved attention.

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Reflection: “Today in the Zombieconomy”

June 25, 2009 at 16:45 · Filed under Reviews and tagged: Business, economy, marketing, review

Article: “Today in the Zombieconomy”
Source: Harvard Business Publishing

Mr. Haque hits the nail, it’s true, but why?
Why does this feel so counter-intuitive with regard to the current economic situation and the need for new sparks that set off new developments?

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