South Korea – an interesting market for European companies
26 April 2024 — Despite slower growth in recent years, Korea remains a major economic force. As more foreign companies are engaging with Korea and Young Korean firms are also networking globally, the Korean market is become increasingly attractive and accessible to international, especially European, businesses.
Mobile Payments – the battle for customer insight
27 December 2015 — Industries are reshaped by mobile technology, and this is true in particular for retail and payments. As with all industry landscape shifts, new winners and losers are bound to emerge.
Vision-driven strategy the Korean way
30 December 2011 — South Korean companies have for years been among the fastest growing in the world. To understand how Korean companies drive their growth, Reddal traveled to this rapidly developing country and visited multiple companies. The objective was to understand how Korean management thinks about strategy and how they translate their ambition into execution.
Robots – the age of adaptive robots
28 July 2016 — A new industrial revolution is underway prompted by a new generation of robots. Powered by new digital technologies, robots are now seeping into areas that require more sophisticated and adaptive skills, like logistics or even customer-facing services.
Effective digital business building through growth KPIs and digital marketing
2 October 2014 — Identifying and optimizing the growth KPIs of your product or service is critical to properly structure an effective digital marketing strategy. When businesses focus on a few key actionable metrics, the limited resources can be optimized to maximize impact in both marketing and overall growth.
Using a (massively) participative strategy process for corporate change – lessons learned
21 September 2012 — The competitive environment of all companies, whether large or small, is getting increasingly complex and fast-changing. To address this, the strategy process in many companies has been developed towards larger participation. Using crowdsourcing as a part of the strategy process seems to be the topic of the day among consultants advocating new approaches.
Transforming reporting from bureaucracy to a value driving process
18 June 2021 — Reporting is at the core of most corporations and fast-growing SMEs. Yet surprisingly little attention is paid on the actual value add of the reporting process and especially the “bang for the buck”.
Managing complex programs – standardize and decentralize for efficiency and agility
28 March 2016 — In complex projects and programs, the choice of operating model (structure, processes and tools) is a key driver of success and execution efficiency. This article presents the evolution of a particularly complex technology program from a top-heavy organization to an agile “divisional” (self-contained) structure.