Business Game Time

What we can learn from the riots that broke out after River Plate Buenos Aires was relegated: The risks of customer loyalty.

Filed under: soccer (football) by Johannes
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As soccer clubs try to learn from software on how to best build their teams, we can also learn from software development in our management processes. Here’s what Frontend vs. Backend thinking, Versioning, Distributed Systems, Search Engines and Agile Development can teach us.

Filed under: soccer (football) by Johannes
No Comments » Tagged with: agile development • agility • backend • business process management • computers • connect • correlations • cost leadership • design thinking • distributed systems • erp systems • facebook • fast company • financial times • flexibility • frontend • google • ideo • ipad • iteration • manchester city • michael e. porter • middleware • organizational setup • performance statistics • processes • project organization • quality leadership • resources • responsibility • search engines • simon kuper • soccer (football) • software • software development • strategy • trust • u curve • versioning • virtual organization • waterfall approach

The NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat gave so much interesting insights and ideas that I tried to put together 10 learnings that can easily be transferred to the business world and to our work environment.

Filed under: basketball by Johannes
No Comments » Tagged with: basketball • be yourself • broadness • chris bosh • common goal • common vision • dallas mavericks • deliver • dirk nowitzki • don nelson • donald carter • draft • dwyane wade • earvin "magic" johnson • expectations • free agent • holger geschwindner • humbleness • image • improvement • jason kidd • jason terry • lebron james • mark cuban • mavs • mentoring • miami heat • nba • next level • pressure • promises • schadenfreude • self-confidence • sense of purpose • stars • talent • team work • trust • weakness • work ethics

Here’s the tale of an individualist driven by performance and the unconditional will to become better, the tale of a hard-worker who never gives up. Did I make it up? See for yourself!

Filed under: tennis by Johannes
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