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Entries Tagged as 'crisis'

Moving toward business models of a new kind : the example of “Danone Supporting Life”

May 7th, 2009 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, society

One thing is sure : the “after the crisis world” will be very different from what it was before. It may seem obvious, but if we have a closer look at what happened in the past, we have to admit many upturns consisted of the rebuilding of what used to exist as it was. This [...]

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Even in downturns, human capital has to be protected

February 19th, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management, strategy

Because they didn’t have the time (or the will) to make the structural decisions that would help to face a downturn, companies often react by acting on the easiest adjustment variables :
• Cuts in bugets
• investments putt offs
• employees lay offs.
It makes it possible to attend to the most urgent things first even if I [...]

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Investment or consumption : sounds like “déjà vu”

February 19th, 2009 · View Comments · Organization & Management, economy

In many countries there is an intense debate to know if governments should stimulate economy by boosting investment or consumption.
It’s about two clearly different approaches : in one case you try to limit the effects of the crisis and their impact on household (and so on enterprises as a side effect), in the other you [...]

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Boards in the mist

February 11th, 2009 · View Comments · economy, strategy

Boards have to be mobilized in order to make the right decisions to survive the crisis. Nothing new. But according to this essay from McKinsey, it’s far from being that simple.
Three reasons are put forward
• Boards follow unchanging procedures and ritualss. Defines shedules on a yearly basis, documents  and agendas fixed many weekds ago.
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A crisis that’s not that economic

December 17th, 2008 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Organization & Management, strategy

Many people agree to admit the time has come to built a kind of new economic order, the drifts of the current system having lead to the situation we all know. But, saying that, people often neglect what I consider being a management failure. As for the hen and the egg it’s hard to say [...]

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The change that could not happen…

November 15th, 2008 · View Comments · Organization & Management

Economy is experiencing minor troubles, bringing about few bankruptcies, leading many players to feel lost into emptyness.
But what really happend ?
• Lawful practices of which it was possible to guess they would lead to a major crisis if taken to their paroxysm. “But dont worry, we master the system and know when to stop”.
• Always [...]

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Is web 2.0 dead or is business replacing buzzyness ?

October 29th, 2008 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Ideas & innovation management, Intranets & collaborative tools, Organization & Management, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, strategy

You must have felt this agitation that went through the blogosphere these last day, but that was also relayed by traditional medias. Web 2.0 is dead. The rumor didn’t start from this note from Michael Arrington but since he’s got a bigger loudhailer than most of the population his voice carried farer. Then hundreds if [...]

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Logic without good sense leads to catastroph

October 26th, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management

Two weeks ago  I attended a graduation ceremony. In such events I often find speeches boring, but this time I was really interested to ear the message that would be delivered to youn managers/entrepreneurs who will need to find their way in the business world in a time of crisis.
Finally I liked the way things [...]

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