M&A INFORMATION RISK MANAGEMENT: TOWARDS BEST PRACTICES

“Someday, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads “Information”; for in most cases, the information is more valuable than the hardware or software which processes it.” Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, US Navy (Ret) As the economy goes digital (and global), competitive advantage is increasingly synonymous with information. More and … Read more

How Does A Swiss Watch Run In Russia?

A case study of a green-field startup with Swiss know-how implemented by a West-European expert team on Russian territory under Russian management Russia is often described as “a combination of contradictions and a unity of opposites” (Hingley, 1981). Geographically spreading over two continents (Eastern Europe and northern Asia), 16 time zones and with a population … Read more

Don’t write short texts – Write concise ones

“Don’t write short texts. Write concise ones.” If you are puzzled by this admonition, it is probably because you have been led to believe that “short” and “concise” are synonyms. They aren’t. My dictionary shows two definitions for “concise”: If “short” is already part of the definition of concise, they cannot be synonyms. There must … Read more

The Way to Exit the Crisis Through An Interim Management Mission

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After the fast departure of a leader from a subsidiary with 1000 people of a large group, this interim management mission is to support the group’s interim general manager, to implement my methodology of taking a position in the interim management of general direction and aiming at giving to teams dynamism again, to make proposals … Read more

The Speed of Change Globally

Have a vision for the future It’s been a busy time for sourcing professionals (though, when isn’t it?) with potentially highly significant political developments in the US and Europe, the announcement from various corners of the globe of some hefty deals. While more details emerged of how the new UK government plans to tackle its … Read more

A global crisis that enjoins us to sort to get rid of waste and to create an “after” that respects the Earth and the Human being

As a human being and inhabitant of the Earth, since the beginning of this pandemic, I have been asking myself a question. What is the message that the universe wants to send us? One of the answers seems to me to be: the planet is taking revenge. It is taking revenge on the way we … Read more

The 10 Keys to Your Business Success

There are ten critical areas where your ability to think largely determines your business success. The greater clarity you have in each of these areas, the better decisions you will make and better results you will achieve. 1. Key Purpose What is the purpose of a business? Many people think that the purpose of a … Read more

An opportunity to rethink our industry organization worldwide

Or how the Covid-19 could help us not be like the frog in the boiling water! Huawei recently announced that they would open a manufacturing site in Western Europe, more precisely in France. It is, of course, a great piece of news, but moreover, clearly, the sign that a manufacturing industry could make sense in … Read more