Marrying Kai and Zen: Ford’s 25 Billion Dollar Japanese Gamble
For Alan Mulally, retired CEO of Ford Motor Company, the Japanese principles of Kai and Zen (Kai for change, and...
How Amazon Wants to Be the Next Big Movie Maker
Amazon.com Inc. has always been innovative and forward-thinking. They started out as an online book store at the beginning of...
Bezos Success With Amazon as a Billionaire and a Visionary
A simplistic analysis of Jeff Bezos’ Amazon corporation might simply point to its 2016 $136 billion revenue or its 2019...
What’s in a Name? Quite a Bit! 9 Successful Companies With Peculiar Names
Sometimes you come across the name of a company and have to do a double-take. Are they really called that?...
5 Companies That Are Helping People Thrive During Social Distancing
Five innovative companies working to help people have a better quality of life during the coronavirus lockdown. Life as we knew it has become unrecognizable in the space of just a few short weeks. In the wake of the global pandemic of COVID-19, with curtailed civil liberties, people are ordered...
The Stories Behind the Oldest Surviving Companies of 161 Countries – From Every Continent in the World
“Start-up” has been a buzzword in the age of the internet, with business opportunities aplenty for anyone with a decent...
45 of Britain’s Oldest Companies, From Rolls-Royce to Burberry, Still in Business After 100-Years
Introduction Great Britain is one of the few countries in the world with well-documented archives spanning over a millennium, with...
Johari Window: An Effective Model for Improving Interpersonal Communication and Managerial Effectiveness
Communication is the glue that holds people and organisations together. It is the key to success for any successful organization and individuals, especially in these digital times. Effective communication has become one of the most important parameters to define organizational effectiveness. Organizations are built around people and an environment of...
Why Franchising? Discover How the Franchise Business Model Works
Most people in the UK would not be able to define franchising, with the industry either flying under the radar...
The Benefits of Charitable Work for Businesses
When you’re busy running a successful business or managing a full workload, it can be challenging to find time for charity work. Raising money for a cause or volunteering have some definite benefits for businesses – in addition to the positive feeling of having helped those who are less fortunate....
The History of PayPal (Infographic Included)
Back in the early ’90s, sending and receiving payments online between individuals was not an easy process. People didn’t even...
Why These Big Brands Chose the Colours of Their Logos
These eight significant companies all had a particular story for why they chose their colours. Here they are … THE RED IN COCA-COLA BRANDING The...
The Uberization of Everything
For those of you Luddites who have not yet heard of Uber, it is a technology platform that allows you to...
Hashtag Twitter: How They Became an Online Giant
Have you noticed the hashtags everywhere on social media sites? Who do you think is responsible for this? Twitter. It...
3 Innovative Start-ups You’ve Probably Never Heard-of!
Well, OK, maybe some of you have. However, that in no way detracts from their practical innovativeness. And by practical,...
Competing With Tesla? Not Quite the Whole Story
Tesla and its competitors in the electric car manufacturing sector. Three years ago at the Detroit auto show, General Motors’ CEO Mary Barra announced that the company would launch a new electric car, the Chevrolet Bolt. The Bolt was designed to have a single-charge range of 200 miles and to...
Want a Different Outcome? Become a Better Leader the Toyota Way
Colin Baird World War II had just ended. Japan lay in ruins. In three large cities, millions of people had...