HAIER – Rodenberg Tillman & Associates

Contrarians are some kind of fools

The majority of leaders in our organizations and in politics do not like these contrarians. However, we desperately need such people in our organizations. It is interesting to see Cesare Mainardi’s research on ‘losers’ and ‘winners’ such as Amazon, Apple, IKEA, Haier, Natura and Starbucks.

Competing in arenas needs new information systems

February 15, 2015

Joseph Rodenberg

A World View, Intelligence Briefings

In the previous post “Companies compete in arenas, not in sectors of industry” we explained how crucial it is to go beyond an industry analysis towards analyses of arenas. This means it is no longer enough to look at the industry sector in which your company competes. A further step Is required, namely conducting an analysis of the ‘competitive arena’.