Business Game Time

In business and in sports, many say that becoming number one is easier than staying on top. Spanish keeper Iker Casillas shows how respect can be the key to staying successful continuously.

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These were a couple of examples recently of where capitalism collided with emotion: Wonder horse Totilas being sold, soccer fans being fought with loudspeakers because of insulting chants or a Spanish soccer player quitting the sport because of its capitalist setup.
Here’s why economy and emotion belong together and must never be looked at seperately.

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With “the Special One” José Mourinho fighting with General Director Jorge Valdano, Real Madrid created a showcase on how big egos clash. Here’s why it happens over and over again and how to prevent from it in our organizations.

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While it was an unusual, unexpected decision by FIFA to host the 2022 World Cup at Qatar, from a purely economical perspective, it may be one that makes sense. Here’s why.

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There’s a link between 62-year old Pedro Soria Lopez from Ecuador and the traffic jam you’re in every morning. If you want to know what it is or if you just hate your alarm clock, this post is a must-read for you.

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The Qatar bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022 probably won’t go through because of the small size of the country. Ironically, this “compactness” has been a major selling point in their campaign. Here’s more about consumer insights, marketing misconceptions and why partnering is good.

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Why does it seem like soccer matches pick up speed after half time? It’s all about sense of urgency, better understanding, confidence and risk taking. Here are two ideas how to use this for improving meetings: The “22 minute meeting” and moving the half time up.

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While teams in the big European soccer leagues play to qualify for the European Cup, teams in lower divisions don’t have that kind of motivation. While top management sits in fancy global meetings, work from those in lower management is less recognized and less incentivized. But why not create a “European Cup” for lower divisions?

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Andy Schleck lost the Tour De France because of a dropped chain and also in business, basic technology can be an important factor. The problem is that training programs usually start from a tool. That’s simply as much of the wrong approach as starting your marketing efforts from a product instead of a customer need.

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The official World Cup final is over, but did you know there is also an “unofficial” World Cup? And a world team ranking? Seems like we can’t live without measuring performance. In this post it is suggested to switch focus from evaluating to improving. The vision for a future organization is that we don’t care for measureable evaluations, but for how to improve.

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