Growth through Knowledge for Action & Action for Knowledge: stimulating critical thinking, facilitating practical action
Thought provoking view: after realizing that we need to focus on becoming #professionals (spilling and branding ourselves), the next step is the one to go totally of preset job dynamics into the ones that are focusing in #criticalthinking and relevant #problemsolving ; to note that we are bound to use our brain more than ever! Let’s leave #ArtificialIntelligence work on all the other stuff …
At the following link a very interesting article from Professor Mark Jenkins. I believe that the current dynamics in F1 (relevant to technological and overall management change) make the contents of it even more sound and relevant. It will be interesting to see the impact of a the integration of the overall management american and european style in LibertyMedia over the project.
Ross Brawn is playing a key role in this from an experience and cross-cultural view perspective.
Article by Professor Mark Jenkins
The focus on #innovation must be actual business developed otherwise we cannot talk about actual innovation. In many cases what we consider technological innovation is not innovation at all because it does not consider properly into the equation the #keyelement : #customer needs and wants (current and shortly upcoming) . #fasttrackbook
The old saying on #entrepreneurship states that we have to focus specializing on one activity in order to excel and build a successful business on it.
Times have changed and, as Elon Musk entrepreneurial activities show, it is necessary to use acquired dynamic knowledge and networks in order to become ‘specialized-generalists’ driven by #visionary principles and #synergistic practices across different fields of action.
They used to be called business ecosystems: clusters of cooperation and healthy competition within a certain geographical area. Today we talk about #ideasenvironments because everything has become much more subject to dynamic changes and disruptions.
Such environments are essential to any enterprise to survive and thrive; for this reason every business should actively participate in developing such physical and conceptual areas.
Interesting perspectives on the topic at this link.
Arguably we already started the an era of #progress that goes #beyondglobalisation , at least as we traditionally perceive it.
#data more than goods is becoming a key factor to international development, going even beyond current protectionist stances …
A very interesting in depth article on the topic at this link.
New technologies, people’s visions and the integration of socio-cultural aspects are key drivers to international business growth not necessarily linked to large size companies. Today Small and Midsize Enterprises represent a powerful force of change in global business development from many perspectives.
This has surfaced during the workshop “Business growth through leveraging on new technologies and know-how” held today as part of the University of Pisa International MBA. The master has reached the 8th edition and it features 34 participants representing twenty different nationalities with a very high level of multifaceted diversity. Industry 4.0 concepts and practices; innovation focus developed through organizational networks; know-how developed in a production field leveraged upon also in other ones; international business development from socio-cultural perspectives; these are the topics outlined in the workshop by the four presenting organizations.
Marco Dell’Osso, Strategic Marketing Manager in Futura, (manufacturer of converting machinery for the tissue paper industry) has outlined concepts and practices of Industry 4.0 by pointing out the features of the latest projects the company is developing and utilizing and that it will develop in the future.
Stefano Bortoletto, coordinator of the ‘Club Tecnologia e Passione‘ has illustrated the characteristics and purposes of this club of companies belonging to several fields and driven by common goals of innovation focus going also beyond technology into socio-cultural fields.
Nicola Scimeca and Mario Saccone, founders of Ycom have outlined how a company specialised in developing prototypes and services within the highest echelon of global Motorsport, has potential and capabilities (because of the unique technological and cultural characteristics of the field) to develop rapid and efficient innovation to the benefit also of other industrial sectors.
Pierpaolo Vannucci, founder of firm Vannucci e Associati (part of an international network of Chartered Accountants and business development, MGI) has illustrated the development of a project bridging Italian technologically driven socio-cultural know-how in a progressive country as Morocco.
Overall the workshop, moderated by Riccardo Paterni co-founder of Synergy Pathways, has stimulated active interaction with the international audience and the many cultural, academic and professional perspectives present have stimulated analysis and debates. As part of the workshop process the companies have also strengthen their relationship of cooperation with the MBA network and the students have been offered opportunities to actively know about the companies the companies unique projects already.
Photos from the event at this link
They used to be called business ecosystems: clusters of cooperation and healthy competition within a certain geographical area. Today we talk about #ideasenvironments because everything has become much more subject to dynamic changes and disruptions.
Such environments are essential to any enterprise to survive and thrive; for this reason every business should actively participate in developing such physical and conceptual areas.
34 people from 20 different countries, basically representing all of the continents, different ages and work experience from several academic and professional backgrounds. This is the ‘melting-pot’ that characterises the 8th edition of this unique MBA that has reached its 8th edition.
Its executive-style-full-time format linked to several key subjects elaborated through many teamwork activities, stimulate an active and positive leveraging on a multifaceted diversity.
I am fortunate and proud to have been part of the the program since the very beginning and starting it up with the ‘Leadership, Individual and Group Development’ Module that set-ups ways to identify a marked Personal Branding and take advantage at best of the entire MBA path in order to enhance the desired career development.
Here some pictures relevant to the group work activities regarding Personal Branding case studies.
From January 13th through the 20th Riccardo spent time in India with Samit.
We focused on business development related to sectors as automotive, food industry and Motorsport.
Within automotive we are focusing on and entrepreneurial car care top quality products that are going to develop BtoB and BtoC activities.
Within the food industry a client of ours is going to offer a know-know and natural coadjuvants to increase the yield productivity within the dairy industry.
Regarding Motorsport we are focusing on ways to raise the awareness and professional standard levels through the cooperation of professionals in our Italian and United Kingdom network. We are in the process of shaping in such regard a unique educational project with a university in Mumbai as well as racing developments with the Mohites Academy at the Kolhapur karting track. The goal is to make solid, dependable and easy to approach pathways of racing career developments to Italy and Europe.
Stay tuned …