Archive for December 31st, 2008

renewal and doing something different is good

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

A nice post by Chris Anderson on the benefits of changing jobs or the things we do, read his post Do something new every three years.

Competitive advantage, challenges and adversity

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

an excellent excerpt from Michael Porter´s Competitive Advantage of Nations  (page 174) to start the 2009 at full speed.

“Competitive advantage emerges from pressure, challenge, and adversity, rarely from an easy life. Selective factor disadvantages, powerful local buyers, stringent local needs, earlysaturation, capable and international suppliers, and intense local rivalrly can be all essential to creating and sustaining advantage. Pressure and adversity are powerful motivators for change and innovation.”