What do Pepsi and Apple have in common? Pepsi is offering to acquire its two largest bottlers and Apple is building a team to design its own computer chips for the iPhone and other products. In an increasingly outsourced world, these companies are both insourcing in very significant ways. What is the major lesson for business…
Is the business model for retained executive search "broken"? A recent article in Talent Management explores the issues. Some thoughts …
On tax day, how fitting to write about life's second certainty besides taxes — death, of course. Interesting profile in Newsweek of how one entrepreneur is trying to create a new business model for the funeral industry — and how the entrenched industry is resisting. Two points of note …
In these uncertain times, I am frequently asked “how is the economy affecting your business?” I answer that question by talking about how the economy is affecting my clients’ businesses and careers — and how they are choosing to respond to this current environment. Some people would say that an optimist sees the glass as…
If you happen to have $1.5 Million in spare cash, you might consider picking up a Bugatti Veyron — the fastest production car every made (cool video here). Forbes Life profiles the Bugatti Veyron here – revealing a very powerful alignment between the Bugatti business model and their business processes. How do they do it? ……
