The greatest business driver is competition. This is clearly a different paradigm in an age where access to worldwide information is less difficult. General Colin Powell spoke in an interview with Tavis Smiley that he grew up in an analog age but is adapting to digital grandchildren. There was also the statement that education was such a necessity in his household that if he wasn't able to go through, that his parents would probably get another child. Such is the competition for dollars where there needs to be particular emphasis on positioning and responsibility so that there is a greater and more impactful trenching to prevent other entrants.
While there is a great adage that 'He who has the dough makes the rules', the digital world has resulted in the enabling of independent competition in the form of independent publishing, web content and other similar endeavours. Due to price scaling, the availability of these resources are different in different places. The spread of public services to approach more universality is a difficult concept for some to grasp in the age of competition. The established entrants are the ones who give the greatest exposure to the widest number of people and because the independents often lose traction over time to the established entitties, framing the argument that competition facilitated by more entrants is positive is good, does not necessarily hold water.
One particular agency had a person who decided that approaching a spin-off after being relieved of a position to target underserved communities was an immediate way of promoting competition. How long will this last is yet to be seen, but there needs to be a concerted effort to approach the point where marginalization of this entity is not promoted to such a degree because of the established entrants reputation of occasionally envisioning dodgy service.
Choosing the right media to get your point across is also a very important mechanism along with timing. Ingredients to catch one's attention and then satisfy one with useful outcomes is difficult. To compete or appear to compete over time is a difficult task to be sure, especially when potential apparent conflicts of interest linger.
Compete Compete Compete - 38 days to London 2012
Tuesday 19 June 2012
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Ownership
The thrill of youth often involves construction towards either renting an apartment, owning a house, buying a car or some other form of vehicle. Often youth attempt to solve their transportation issues with the acquisition of a car or bike early and this has been thought to have an interesting.
There are a number of champions who have had car crashes. One into a fire extinguisher and the other into a rail near a major bus park. Both have relatively good reputations and have excelled in their fields. The vehicles were a Buick and a BMW. Both situations reflect the interesting situations for positive reinforcement of driving standards and more emphasis on following up on what was the route cause.
Now many youth are trying to find their stake in a world where there is a great pre-ponderance of joblessness, insecurity and uncertainty. Growth is not as apparent as the 1990's and certainly the pace of innovation has been followed by acquisition and increased understanding. The status quo is a weird concept to speak about as the seeming static nature of things while there is incredible change in the interim. The regime changes of the past two years and municipal changes have charted the course of the second decade. Baby boomers are going into retirement and additionally, having just celebrated a long time of service by many heads of states, the status quo has changed to that being set by the youth and how they will use their tools (some new) to operate in the same environment as their ancestors.
The understanding that 50 years of television in most independent countries should change the viewpoint of the locally and internationally and how our individual views (I'd like to call it a vote) relates to us. What we can see is in the public domain is important but not. For example, Bill Gates recently went to India and has had appreciation for the eradication of polio among the population to the point where it is possible that it will soon be the case it may be declared that the country is polio free. There has been an increase in the infrastructure being put in so that there are more people with education that is translational and that there is a life-meaning force which translates into better use of basic resources. But I cannot completely vouch for this as this is his opinion. Trains are still crowded going home and there is still abject pollution and poor conditions.
As the youth of this generation attempt to translate how they are going to build their lives in a cross-defined era, it will be interesting to see the changes that are made. Every-place is different and so are the theories behind it. How can this translate into a better translation of how you view yourselves to others?
There are a number of champions who have had car crashes. One into a fire extinguisher and the other into a rail near a major bus park. Both have relatively good reputations and have excelled in their fields. The vehicles were a Buick and a BMW. Both situations reflect the interesting situations for positive reinforcement of driving standards and more emphasis on following up on what was the route cause.
Now many youth are trying to find their stake in a world where there is a great pre-ponderance of joblessness, insecurity and uncertainty. Growth is not as apparent as the 1990's and certainly the pace of innovation has been followed by acquisition and increased understanding. The status quo is a weird concept to speak about as the seeming static nature of things while there is incredible change in the interim. The regime changes of the past two years and municipal changes have charted the course of the second decade. Baby boomers are going into retirement and additionally, having just celebrated a long time of service by many heads of states, the status quo has changed to that being set by the youth and how they will use their tools (some new) to operate in the same environment as their ancestors.
The understanding that 50 years of television in most independent countries should change the viewpoint of the locally and internationally and how our individual views (I'd like to call it a vote) relates to us. What we can see is in the public domain is important but not. For example, Bill Gates recently went to India and has had appreciation for the eradication of polio among the population to the point where it is possible that it will soon be the case it may be declared that the country is polio free. There has been an increase in the infrastructure being put in so that there are more people with education that is translational and that there is a life-meaning force which translates into better use of basic resources. But I cannot completely vouch for this as this is his opinion. Trains are still crowded going home and there is still abject pollution and poor conditions.
As the youth of this generation attempt to translate how they are going to build their lives in a cross-defined era, it will be interesting to see the changes that are made. Every-place is different and so are the theories behind it. How can this translate into a better translation of how you view yourselves to others?
Friday 8 June 2012
The Issue With Jobs
It has been one year since the death of Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple with Steve Wozniak, and there has been a steady increase in Apple sales. Particularly, the release of the IPhone and the IPad are signifcant to the profit margin of the company. Many mobile phone carriers have been recalcitrant to pick up Apple as a major subscriber because the customer money tends to be channeled into the product rather than into the mobile phone or internet service provider. Virgin has recently picked up a number of Apple products.
While Job's work continues, including a documentary in the 1980's featuring the stalwart, a number of companies have systematically changed their corporate structure to adapt to the new technology that abounds and creates more efficiences.
Earlier this year, 35,000 postal jobs were on the chopping block speaking to closing of post offices across the nations primarily because of the cost to tax payers. The move was stopped by lawmakers in the US and the planned refurbishment will be revised in order to alleviate unneccessary expenses in the Postal system.
The electronics industry has been particularly hit with 10,000 jobs lost with Sony, 2,000 jobs lost with Yahoo, 50 stores being closed by Best Buy, 30,000 jobs with Hewlett Packard, 2,000 jobs with Research in Motion and 2,700 jobs with Olympus.
The boost in technology in some places takes away the need for jobs and the profit margins of companies suffer when the number of paid employees who do not facilitate company development begins to take too much money from the revenue stream of companies.
Polaroid in 2001 decided to undergo a US$4.5 million dollar restructuring attempt, while ten year later Kodak has done the same with $8.5 million in restructuring involving 200 dowstream workers and 119 middle management workers.
It is maybe that the job market for some of these larger companies is indicative of a lagging economy for youth attempting to enter the workforce (even though micro, small and medium businesses tend to make up the bulk of the economy).
As Eric Schmidt the Google CEO said in a previous post during commencement addresses to both Cal-Berkeley and Boston University, turn off your mobile device for 1-hour a day and turn to the person that you love. It might save jobs.
While Job's work continues, including a documentary in the 1980's featuring the stalwart, a number of companies have systematically changed their corporate structure to adapt to the new technology that abounds and creates more efficiences.
Earlier this year, 35,000 postal jobs were on the chopping block speaking to closing of post offices across the nations primarily because of the cost to tax payers. The move was stopped by lawmakers in the US and the planned refurbishment will be revised in order to alleviate unneccessary expenses in the Postal system.
The electronics industry has been particularly hit with 10,000 jobs lost with Sony, 2,000 jobs lost with Yahoo, 50 stores being closed by Best Buy, 30,000 jobs with Hewlett Packard, 2,000 jobs with Research in Motion and 2,700 jobs with Olympus.
The boost in technology in some places takes away the need for jobs and the profit margins of companies suffer when the number of paid employees who do not facilitate company development begins to take too much money from the revenue stream of companies.
Polaroid in 2001 decided to undergo a US$4.5 million dollar restructuring attempt, while ten year later Kodak has done the same with $8.5 million in restructuring involving 200 dowstream workers and 119 middle management workers.
It is maybe that the job market for some of these larger companies is indicative of a lagging economy for youth attempting to enter the workforce (even though micro, small and medium businesses tend to make up the bulk of the economy).
As Eric Schmidt the Google CEO said in a previous post during commencement addresses to both Cal-Berkeley and Boston University, turn off your mobile device for 1-hour a day and turn to the person that you love. It might save jobs.
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