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The only we know is that we are uncertain about the future	Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:59:29 +0000
Are we facing a boom, a double dip, or a potential break-down of the global environment? No one can know for sure? The degree of uncertainty is higher than for a long time. We probable has to go back as far as the industry revolution to experience the same degree of uncertainty. Can we learn [...]

Is the Indian IT miracle over?	Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:01:48 +0000
Driving back and forth to you job in Munbai is like smoking a packaged of cigarettes, and nothing become better. Indian government spend 17 dollar per capita and year in infrastructure while China spend 116 dollar. The Indian mentality is pretty much having a back-up plan for the back-up plan while China is straighter forward, which [...]

Why is it hard to be a good manager?	Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:53:44 +0000
The world seems slowly to recover, we are back in black again. Even banks in the UK are back, Greece are progressing and maybe there is a light of hope. There will always be tuff times, good times and new challenges to deal with. As a leader you know that. But why is it so [...]

When will the nation of Facebook have their own police force?	Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:51:30 +0000
July 21st Facebook announced it had 500m users. According to the Economist Facebook have started to act like a country having diplomatic relationship with nations and top politicians such as Britain’s prime minister David Cameron . I agree with the economist, Facebook is beginning to act like a nation with their own rules and laws. Like when [...]

Venture Capital in Scandinavia	Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:23:11 +0000
Just got introduced new interesting site, www.scandinavianinvestmentnetwork.com. An online matching service for angel investors seeking investment opportunities and entrepreneurs seeking capital. It is part of Angel Investment Network Ltd, a London-based company that was founded in 2004 having 30 networks all over the world. It is an amazing source of knowledge if you are interested in [...]

Read about my updated investment philosopy	Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:05:44 +0000
Dear reader, I have updated my investment philosophy as many of you have posted questions about what kind of investments I am interested in. Please visit http://www.penker.se/investment-philosophy/ for an update. Posted from my summer hammock Magnus

The complete value creation model	Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:21:10 +0000
As promised, here comes the complete value creation model I have developed over the years – all development made in real and challenging business development cases. The purpose of the model is to be used as a semantic framework in order to explore and understand the creation of superior value creation. Please use it and [...]

What is value – a definition that helps!	Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:47:59 +0000
The tricky thing when selling is that you think you can sell on the right price or on value, but that´s not true at all. All people buy on value, the perceived value. However, if your offer s equal your competitors then the price will be the only discriminator but still the customer or client [...]

Charging for value – Sure…	Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:37:54 +0000
Over the last decade it has been a lot of discussions about pricing based on value. However, there are several issues related to that and not an easy task. To begin with your company must be committed to really go for value creation meaning down prioritize other activities that might be short term valuable for [...]

Why HR people has difficulties getting attention in Sweden	Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:38:10 +0000
As late as the other day I got it confirmed again. A lot of Swedish HR people does have a dominating PA perspective (PA=personal administration; employee admin) on their function, meaning less business-orientation. Which I also believe is the reason why Swedish HR people complain that they do not get the right attention on C-level. [...]