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arnoldkwong7
Jul 25, 20221 min read
Show Me the Money
EkaLore has highlighted how challenging times are changing the tactics of enterprises as they adjust to new economic and marketspace...
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arnoldkwong7
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Communication’s Role in Resilience
This is the third piece in our Resilience by Design blog. It’s part of EkaLore’s writings on strategic issues for enterprises, which we...
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arnoldkwong7
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Executing Resilience
In our first post – Resilience by Design, EkaLore discussed preparing project teams to deal with current enterprise disruptions. This...
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arnoldkwong7
Jul 20, 20221 min read
Resilience by Design
Setting up project teams to be resilient Enterprises need resiliency to respond to anticipated, or sudden, crisis directly affecting...
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arnoldkwong7
Jul 19, 20222 min read
Winning Through the Long Perspective
The previous post in this EkaLore series “Caught in the middle” discussed changing preferences of middle management for projects that...
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arnoldkwong7
Jul 18, 20221 min read
What’s a Middle Manager to do?
The first post in the series — Caught in the middle talked about energy (oil) as a driving force behind economic disruption. Today’s post...
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arnoldkwong7
Jul 15, 20222 min read
Caught in the Middle
Managers are challenged in mid 2022 by inflation, changes in logistics, and market upheavals. EkaLore has been releasing analysis and...
arnoldkwong7
Jul 14, 20221 min read
This Means War – Conclusions
The war in Ukraine has affected governments, enterprises, and people globally. This series of posts. starting with “This Means War”,...
arnoldkwong7
Jul 13, 20223 min read
This Means War - OneWeb 3
The previous post in the series covered remaining alternatives for OneWeb now that relations with Roscomos turned sour. This post briefly...
arnoldkwong7
Jul 12, 20222 min read
This Means War - OneWeb 2
The last This Means War post, talked about Roscosmos pulling back on a major launch for OneWeb. This post looks at other implications of...
arnoldkwong7
Jul 11, 20222 min read
This means War - OneWeb
The first post of the series, This Means War, talked about the general topic of cyberattacks and a particular incident at ViaSat. This...
arnoldkwong7
Jul 7, 20222 min read
This Means War
A historical view of unconventional warfare during the beginning of the Ukraine conflict Although it’s only been a few months since the...
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arnoldkwong7
Jun 30, 20222 min read
Ripples Across the Globe
How demand shifts caused by inflation will affect global retail In this post in the Ripple series, we move from considering retail and...
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arnoldkwong7
Jun 29, 20222 min read
Ripple Effect - Build to order looks better now
This post considers how inflation is changing the attitude towards stocking and building to order Tesla is famous for now having billions...
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arnoldkwong7
Jun 28, 20221 min read
Rising Interest rates and Inventory Levels
Another in our Ripple series following the effects of inflation on industries starting with Retail, and moving to suppliers, and now...
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arnoldkwong7
Jun 27, 20221 min read
Logistics & Comm. Real Estate
The previous "Ripple Effect" posts looked first at retail and then at a few industries that supply retail. The series now considers some...
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arnoldkwong7
Jun 23, 20222 min read
Out of Sight, Out of Their Minds
The previous posts in the Ripple series explored how an industry focused on reading customer demand underestimated a dramatic shift in...
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arnoldkwong7
Jun 17, 20222 min read
Retail 3-D Chess Game
The last post took the perspective of a single large retailer and potential strategies. In this post, we consider what happens with...
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arnoldkwong7
Jun 16, 20222 min read
The Sleeves Off Our Vests
How to entice consumers to buy while controlling costs Inflation, the Pandemic, the Supply Chain disruption are affecting buyer demand in...
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arnoldkwong7
Jun 15, 20222 min read
Assumptions and Paradigms lead Us Astray
How Retailers ended up with major overstocks in Large TVs and other categories in June 2022 The series started by considering an...
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