Archive for December, 2012
We all may recall how China, relatively speaking, breezed through the start of 2008-2009 Great Recession. The world staggered and China still grew 8%. 2012 was a challenging year for Chinese industry, with many companies around me feeling the pinch. Most reports have noted that China hit bottom by October and has been on the […]
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What country was famous for expanding its borders, bad quality, child labor, fake medicines, flagrant copyright infringement, copied products, pollution, having the 2d largest economy, and an immature view of blacks in 1908? America. Who was growing at fabulous speeds at the same time? America. China has all these today just like we did in […]
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Good people come to the right people. Being the right person is a good way to get the right people. If you are complicated, then complicated people will tend to come to you. If you are straight forward, then straight forward people will want to work for you. They will often flee or quietly despise […]
Continue Reading →Getting the right management people in China is not easy. As businesses get bigger, problems and inefficiencies get greater. The gaps in hiring that could be survived earlier catch up with most companies. The people complexity gradually becomes part of their culture. It does not have to be that way. We can hire people who […]
Continue Reading →Merry Christmas to all of you celebrating this holiday. Recently, I read The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. It is interesting and well written. He notes that Alcoholics Anonymous 12 step process is good, but they know that most people can not move from live long habits without a cataclysmic event or deep […]
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I sought Six Sigma certification as love building quality and like getting to at least China business basics success. Surely, many of us who learned and use Six Sigma have another take away beyond quality. In our case, business success is on the table. We learned in Six Sigma that data is king. Decisions are not […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I want to explain a minute about how to be prepared. Here is some thought on how to improve on doing the non-urgent but important things in your business or even your life. Keep a list of non-urgent important things. Use technology to help you and get assistance as needed. The non-urgent tend to pop […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I love the Boy Scouts. I learned a lot from them and carry some ideas with me to the present day. Many of you may know what the Boy Scout motto is: Be Prepared. So simple and so useful. Keep an umbrella and hat in the car. Keep the spare tire in good condition. It […]
Continue Reading →China is number 1 in patents for the year 2011. China had 526,412 while America had only 503,582. Check out the report at the China Brief. Does that mean anything? Actually, it means the government still has some power to reach its goals. These patents do not indicate anything about innovation change. The Chinese government ordered all work units to meet […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →America is strong because of immigration and not inspite of it. 2 million people become Americans by immigration every year. Dealing with American companies, I see a lot of different ethnicity. In China, people are Han Chinese with an occassional Hui minority person thrown in every once in a while. That is not much difference […]
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