Tag Archives: Change Management

The Need For Consultancy

I lately got involved in discussions about the need for consultancies and how that market suffers the first from the financial crisis. German top-consultant Roland Berger was quoted saying “You cannot push-start a car from the inside”. Which I found valuable. But it reminds me of a major shortcoming of todays managements. I have not [...]

IATA says Aviation declines. Really?

According to IATA General Secretary Giovanni Bisignani, aviation warns of a decline in global aviation. But is that reasonable? Yes, global economy suffers. But look at the global maps and you will find a clear relation between airport and decent aviation and the size of cities. Aviation is a key motivator for business, but the [...]

Revival Of The Sales Manager

In the past months, IATA secretary general Giovanni Bisignani has published one horror scenario for the airline industry after another. At the same time, I have worked with an airline that had always addressed e-Commerce as a part of the sales portfolio and in the past year increased their sales force beyond the airline’s growth [...]

Information Overkill

FVW Blog just mentioned a senior travel industry manager asking, who has time to read all that information published “Web 2.0″. In the good old times, we had no control on who said what. But it did not matter much, as the word was forgotten quickly. Today, thoughts are not voiced, but published. So word [...]

From Russia With Love …

This blog-post has been prepared, as are the next ones the next two weeks. I decided to go for an adventure trip to Russia. And no, not to Moscow or Saint Petersburg, but into the country. The region I visit is addressing international markets but lacks a decent airline connection. In fact, there is one. [...]

Bring Me A Rock

From: http://bringmearock.blogspot.com/By Edward J. Fern, Time to Profit, Inc. Throughout the time I was employed by others, I played a game I call, “Bring Me a Rock.” The game has thousands of minor variations but they all follow the same basic format. The game begins when the boss calls me into his or her office [...]