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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Weekly Question #9: Complete by November 16, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Love your idea about a contest…We has “brainstorming sessions” with my company to come up with innovative sales pitches, but after the first few meetings attendance died out. It would be really cool if we could find a way to encourage employees to be part of the “think tank”. In the meetings we did have, we found that most of the ideas that were…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Case Question: Open Innovation, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Siemens was able to experiment with open innovation across several departments and around numerous topics. When looking at Siemens there are some pros and cons to consider – first being lack of anonymity. The pros as outlined in the case are that every employee that participates are accountable for his or her idea – however, the con is the per…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Jon, really enjoyed your post – and made me think of additional questions I have about the record industry. How have they had to change business model with streaming radio services such as Pandora, RDIO and Spotify? When looking at Spotify users can now add songs to their profile and listen to them offline if they pay the monthly subscription…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I believe Radiohead’s “stunt” was successful as it made a strong statement that they build this music for their fans – and by not putting a price on their product does exactly that. Additionally, the artist has the ability to cut costs significantly and increase their net returning (rather than having to split the revenue and only see a fractio…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruptive Change and Book Publishing, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
When I read this initial quote/article/question my mind went a million different directions. For one, I just came out of a conference where I found out that 75% of diaper sales are done online 0- meaning only 25% of parents are using brick and mortar as a way to buy their nappies. I think in general one needs to realize brick and mortar is…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Great insight – love how you made the connection between books and music. However, I will say this – a lot more musicians are getting exposure through various types of social media. People now become famous from YouTube videos which then leads to record deals. Also, another similarity is posting individual songs on iTunes for purchase.
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Corey –
I really enjoyed hearing about the organization you’re a part of. I work for a non-profit organization where people pay to become members (but it currently silo-ed by city). It would be AMAZING, if our National headquarters implemented some type of directory (where member could choose to display their contact information). I work in…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Reading Question: Community of Practice, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
When I first moved to Los Angeles, about two years ago, I decided to join an organization called WISE (Women in Sports and Events). I’ve always known of this organization as the National Headquarters are in NYC and they have several other chapters throughout the US. Through monthly board meetings, special events and mentoring programs, WISE o…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Case Question: Globalization and Decentralization, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Dan, I really like your comment about finding a balance between “centralization” and “decentralization”. IT is the vehicle that delivered the flow of information, but as you mentioned there are many other challenges that IT cannot solve. However, I have found that keep IT in the loop with many business decisions from the start allows them to see…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Case Question: Globalization and Decentralization, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Wyeth’s IT globalization strategy was the initial step in creating an integrated pharmaceutical company. The IT department became the “universal language” that unified the goals of the company. In order for this to work IT could no longer be on the sidelines as a “support function” but had to be at the forefront – there need to be a major shift…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I think with any company you need to look at your business needs. Can you purchase something out of the box or do you need various customization? I work in sports and entertainment and in many cases the league will mandate certain business practices or software for our teams. However, our company is made up of several teams/properties (MLS and…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The four major web services described in the case that are offered by Amazon.com are the following: (1) Elastic Compute Cloud (2) Simple Storage Service (3) Simple Database (4) Simple Queue Services. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Simple Storage (S3) Service allow developers to rent any mount of storage capacity they require on Amazon-owned…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I wholeheartedly believe that information technology has enabled the emergence of global brands. Recent technology has broken down huge walls in regards to communication barriers and has allowed information to flow more easily and allow transparency. Within my company, I’m constantly connected to our employees in China and Australia and according…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I must admit I’m pretty thankful that my company is as accommodating as they are when it comes to devices. Our department replaced all of our PCs with laptops not only to increase efficiency, but allow flexibility within the workplace so we can access our share drive while traveling (because we don’t have a BYOD policy). In the past year, many of…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Amanda –
If you computers are “historic” to say the least, do they have a policy on restoring and retiring devices? Within our company, when we have new hires we decide whether to purchase them a new or refurbished laptop. In many cases, manages will order a new laptop for the hire and take the newer devices and give them there’s as a “hand me down”.
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Reading Question: Business Models, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I work in Global Partnerships which is tasked with bringing in revenue through sponsorship and suite sales for all of our properties on a global scale. When looking at sponsorship revenue streams they come from large multi-property deals (Coca-Cola has an agreement which includes STAPLES Center and LA Kings) or individual team deals (LA Galaxy and…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Case Question: Volkswagen Process Assessment, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Jordan –
We’ve seen success with our project now our CRO and SVPs are involved. With MS-CRM you are changing business processes and you really need a top-down approach to be successful.
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Case Question: Volkswagen – Critical Unfunded Project, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The project being unfunded is directly correlated with the new IT processes. IT is looking at each of the projects on a global scale with everything being connected at some level. VQoA did not prioritize this project For this specific project, the value can be seen on a global scale but the VWoA did not prioritize this project with any level of…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Office politics are always tough and depending on who the request is coming from ultimately can lead to whether or not you “approve the request”. I work for a very large global company and each country has their own IT Department but we are all on the same MS-CRM system…However, because our users in China used a different IT Department we were…[Read more]
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Joyce Chagan commented on the post, Case Question: Volkswagen Process Assessment, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The new processes are more cohesive, robust, and efficient compared to the former. By creating one department they are encouraging collaboration, streamlining approval processes, and creating transparency. By creating distinct groups within the department (i.e., ELT, IT Steering Committee, Program Management Office, etc.) it allowed information to…[Read more]
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