Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Who sells more? Who is more effective? Who wins awards?

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While working in a pharma company, I was able to observe two account executives at work:

     one was hard working, covers all his accounts religiously, gives uniform trade discounts;
     the other one covers only two king accounts, hires a driver to deliver samples and pamphlets
           to small accounts, does not give discounts to other outlets, gives only big discounts to his
           to major, king accounts.

Questions:

1.  Who sells more?
2.   Who is more effective?
3/  Would you be one or the other?

Sunday, June 2, 2024

Business and success lessons from movie "Battleship"

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

This post happened to watch "Battleship" at a video streaming app.  There are several lessons that are related to success and or business strategy:

  1.  Technology, even old ones can be used to defeat competition and/or adversary

       When communications radar and other facilities were jammed, locating the enemy alternataive
       was through the tsunami warning system of the Japanese.

       Even USS Missouri battleship 70 years old was useful in destroying the enemy.

      Conversely, high technology, if there are more superior alien technology cant defeat the enemy

2.  No one is ever too old or too young to contribute towards a goal

    Hooper was not too young.

    The USS Missouri officers were not too old to run an old ship and fire their cannons.  (when 
     the destroyer John Paul Jones was destroyed by alien firepower.

    The crippled (but with prosthetic Lt Commander black retired Navy officer  (who had self doubts
     in the beginning was very useful in fighting the aliens

3.  Every strong adversary have weakness and chinks in their armor.

    That was all that was needed by Hopper to defeat the aliens:  ie that they hate bright lights  Sun
    So they took them on battle facing the sunset or sun rise.  Being blinded by bright light was
    used to the hilt and to the advantage by Hooper.

4.  Those who were weak become strong

     It was said in Corinthings.  I am weak now I am strong.   That was Hooper.

5.  The difficulties with personal life can be tougher than the job or challenges.

     Like Hooper getting the OK of the Father in Law commander.





Saturday, June 1, 2024

How do we provide jobs and employment to new batch of graduates in 2024?

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

Shall they be OFW, be part of BPO, be entrepreneurs or unemployed.?

A record 22.3M learners joined the educational system for 2023   
22 million enrolees for 2023-2024  1/4 of thqt would be 5 million.

Have our economic planners prepared for this?  How many jobs will be available?
Are there enough investments to meet the job requirements of the new graduates/

Where  what are the industries available for them? j Are their graduation skills matched with the requirements of prospective employers?