Global Residential Renovation: A huge untracked opportunity?
Much of the world’s building stock is in need of renovation. In the EU for instance, the renovation or demolition rates have been quite low compared to the rate of new construction. According to a...
View ArticleUrban Infrastructure – Opportunity or Disaster?
Today’s popular mega-trends are almost invariably linked to technology. Common buzz-words are artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, IoT, data, analytics, “smart” objects, the gig economy,...
View ArticleWin Loss is not CRM analysis
Very few (if any) organizations will admit they don’t conduct win-loss analysis. After all, this is now deemed integral to every sales process. Since every CRM has a field for “Reasons for loss”, it is...
View ArticleFuture of work – II
The rise of the individual entrepreneur Some weeks back, while chatting with my son’s friends (all in their mid-20s), I got around to asking what they were doing (typical father question :))! At some...
View ArticleLeveraging Data: Mindset comes before technology
Given the incessant noise around big data and analytics, businesses are scrambling to board the train. And a lot of money is being spent on data collection and technology. The impression is that AI and...
View ArticleRandom thoughts on Life in the post-Covid19 world
It is now clear that we’re seeing the worst health and economic crisis, ever. Entire countries are shut, businesses cannot function, unemployment is rising dramatically, value chains have been wrecked…...
View ArticleWinners (and losers) in the time of Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic posed a major challenge for most industries in the first quarter of 2020. The impact has been moderate to severe for all sectors, with many required to face up to challenges and...
View ArticleInsights into actions and strategies to fight the Covid-19 crisis
A recent survey of senior executives at companies around the world found very similar reactions – regardless of company size or geographical location. The immediate and obvious response has been to cut...
View ArticleWill China continue to be the world’s factory?
Since 2018, the US and China have engaged in a bitter trade war. While many thought the two sides would reach a deal soon, this has not happened. Rising tariffs, rhetoric and uncertainty have now...
View Article10 trends for 2021 – and not all about technology or Covid!
The start of a year invariably leads to a flurry of articles and prognosis about key trends for the future. Many of these are extrapolations from the recent past – like “Work From Home (WFH) will...
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