Apple strategy

Apple strategy

Steve Jobs was one of the world’s most admired business leaders, and for a reason. The i-product family created by his vision has been a huge success for Apple, brought about entirely new product categories and even improved people’s quality of life by their ease of...
Rethink budgeting

Rethink budgeting

In many companies the budgeting cycle is either ongoing or about to kick off, and depending on the organisation, the process is often either painful or very painful. Without going any deeper into the causes of the pain at this point, the other question to ask is...
Remote working

Remote working

Virtual working, remote working or telecommuting has been discussed for at least 10-15 years already. And during that time the discussion has broken into different stages. Some organisations and people are still stuck in the same phase as 15 years ago, wondering...
Apple strategy imbalance

Apple strategy imbalance

For the first time in the short and unprecedentedly sweet history of the iPhone, the new version is being received with reactions also other than enthusiasm. There is still a lot of enthusiasm, to be sure, enough to keep the other smart phone makers from feeling any...

The CSR model developed by Solventor got positive feedback

The CSR model developed by Solventor was presented by Martti Kouhi to an international audience of experts earlier this month at the Bahrain International Corporate Social Responsibility conference, and feedback from the audience and the other experts invited to...
Those colour-coded idiots and their social styles

Those colour-coded idiots and their social styles

Lately, Thomas Erikson’s best-selling book (and accompanying industry) called Surrounded By Idiots has been criticized for lack of scientific background and even for having been basically made up. I haven’t read the book. Mainly because when it came out I...