Archive for August, 2012
The Procurement Leaders have a blog up that I am happy to take note of. You can see it here. When selling, we focus on win-win, but we often have trouble seeking win-win in our supply or outsourcing solutions. Purchasers are pushed so hard on price that the quality is bargained away. This is especially […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I like project management. The combination of people issues and organization get me going. I heard a webinar at HBR recently on project management for profit. Joe Knight presented and his first comment was ” Finance and accounting is art and not science.” The finance numbers are so comvincing and their use of Excel […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Chris over at the China Brief mentioned that The Coming Collapse of China as a market success but completely wrong in its predictions. When I was in college, I was taught that to reform an economy you have to do it fast. We were taught that if you go slow, the beauracrats will organize, and […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Steve Dickinson at China Law Blog has a Post up that can make anyone smile, as long as they are not in those Chinese negotiation pickles. He notes that the Chinese side in the new field of services is using tactics that the industrial side used 10 to 20 years ago. Each of them has […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Great Leaders get all the data. Sometimes data comes in criticism. This criticism does not come in neat packages. However, all criticism must be drawn out and analyzed. All stakeholder groups have opinion leaders that you must stay in close contact with. Some of their thoughts that are most valuable are emotionally charged, and you […]
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I knew a GM here who came from the States and was a good leader and focusing on building a team and team work just like he had done in the States. He did not speak Chinese. His team became more and more messy and inefficient. Good people were leaving. Engagement was poor. One person […]
Continue Reading →An international auto news outlet says the Chinese automakers have been hugely hurt and the whole Made in China push has been set back. See article here Another gives us what these Chinese companies have said. See here Chery said workers accidentally chose a wrong batch as asbestos is not banned in China. Great Wall […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Dan Harris put up a blog with a great name the other day at China Law Blog,. “How to Protect Your China IP. Don’t Hire Anyone…” Yes, since workers are the central cause of lost IP, we have a mitt full of choices I have seen used that come to mind off the bat 1. […]
Continue Reading →China Briefing has a good article up on the issue of entering the food and beverage market in China. It is well worth a read if you are in that market. See it here Guillermo García tells the story of what he is doing and how he is succeeding. You can sense his leadership ability […]
Continue Reading →All Roads to China put up a bar chart showing China is number 1 in one category of buying.Take a look here Chinese and Westerners in China are hot on finding out if a company can be trusted. If you can be trusted and that matters, then the time for you may have arrived. Naturally, […]
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