by Tom | Sep 23, 2008 | Business
Just like father-in-law, who doesn’t really want to warehouse his copper, but on a different scale: Dell focusing on marketing, not construction.
by Tom | Jul 30, 2008 | Business
Joel makes a good point in his latest column: your internal systems need to ensure that people can deliver effectively even on a bad day. There is a balance to be struck though: there has to be some flexibility on the ground so that staff can work directly with...
by Tom | Jun 26, 2008 | Business
Question: how to apply unconference / xCamp ideas to the sorts of conference that the public sector is beset by?
by Tom | Mar 19, 2008 | Business
Interesting discussion of banks booking income that hasn’t yet flowed in the door (and is unlikely ever to). The assumption of low-cost financing and rising house prices looks to be a very dangerous one. I’m sure Enron used to do something similar in terms...
by Tom | Feb 27, 2008 | Business
Very interesting concept: outsource your staff, partly. A PEO employs your employees (and does most of the HR and payroll stuff you would expect) and leases them to you for their operational role on a service contract.
by Tom | Dec 5, 2007 | Business
If there is $200bn in 1,000 deals in the metals and mining industry in two years. Surely some of this must just be recycled – there wasn’t a stash of money waiting to be used? Or it is all shares buoyed up by the raw material prices. This is a good example...
