IBM et les infrastructures

IBM, comme plusieurs autres compagnies, s'intéresse aux infrastructures globales.

Palmisano knows IBM isn't alone in drooling over big infrastructure projects. In tech, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ, Fortune 500), Oracle (ORCL, Fortune 500), and SAP (SAP) all stand to benefit too. The same goes for the likes of GE (GE, Fortune 500).

"These are global issues and huge opportunities," Palmisano says. "Someone has to step out and take the lead. But we'll never do it by ourselves."

Green Abu Dhabi

Une ville complètement verte près d'Abu Dhabi. Ils y mettent le paquet.

Optimisation

La façon dont General Mills a réagi à la hausse du prix des céréales et à la récession : en optimisant les approvisionnements et les processus. Et ça fonctionne.

Margin management soon grew into a structured process at General Mills. Each division has a three-year savings goal, and virtually everyone meets once a week to focus on cuts. Ditching multicolored Yoplait lids, for example, saved $2 million a year. Factory-floor workers will point out when box sizes are inefficient for putting in trucks. And consumer researchers identify flavors that aren't selling.

Too big to manage ?

Jamie Dimon, de J.P. Morgan:

But the success of Dimon and his crew seems to refute the "too big to manage" hypothesis, and in any case, Dimon doesn't buy the whole concept. "In every business, some huge companies are successful and others aren't," he says. To Dimon the rich flow of information from different corners of the bank, like the signal from servicing that warned him about subprime, is a major advantage. "We have a gold mine of knowledge, but you have to manage it well," he says, "so every one of our businesses benefits from it." Other successful models will emerge, but for now Dimon has the best game plan - and don't forget, the best team to go with it.

Sexy sustainability

TED Talks, encore.
Présentation très touchante de Majora Carter sur le développement urbain durable.

Schools Kill Creativity

Présentation TED Talks et autres liens.

Mondialisation

Présentation d'un professeur lors d'un TED Talks. Inspiration pour une présentation reçue lors du MBA.

Identity 2.0

Présentation intéressante et belle.

CN dans The Economist

L'acquisition du EJ&E mise en contexte dans The Economist.

A new bill would make it harder for the STB to approve a merger that does any local damage. Some call it nimbyism; others, democracy. [...] The quest for the common good is imperfect, but at least it is noisy.

CIOs

Entrevue avec Gary Reiner, CIO de General Electrics.

Entrevue avec Rob Carter, CIO de FedEx.

Blog de Stephen Gillett, CIO de Starbucks.