In June 1999, when Carlos Ghosn was parachuted by Renault to a little known (outside Asia) car manufacturer named Nissan, his reputation should have preceeded him. Maybe the Japanese board of directors underestimated the „Le Cost Killer“ nickname he earned at Renault during the previous 3 years – or maybe they thought that one of the most inner-oriented markets in […]
Category: Simplicient Controlling – advanced financial management
Multinational Glitches in the Implementation of GDPR
Admit it, you have done this at least once: you were lured by the special offer / freebie / like into signing up for a newsletter… then you forgot about it. Or you installed an IOS/Android/Windows app which asked you for permissions to share with the Martians your accurate location, food prefferences or place of birth. The personal data requests […]
The World is Full of Noise
Let’s face it – almost all of us succumbed to this temptation: we could do the toughest, most important task or we could break all of them into pieces (“eating the elephant” as the management gurus say) and start chewing them. Or just give in to the boss’ latest request and answer his (sometimes lazy) easy to dig emails. In […]
Simplicient Financial Controlling – 1 – Laying the Ground
Let us face it – finance is not easy. Whoever tells you that the commercial financial management is a steady progression job, where one gets well trained and well paid over a reasonable number of career years, is trying to lure you into something. The finance specialism requires almost a decade of training (if you count a faculty/college degree plus […]
Why Do Systems (Tend To) Fail on Monday
You wake up an 06:30, after a full relaxing (but somehow late ending) Sunday. You rush into your car and start commuting. The traffic lights system is annoyingly slow, delaying your usually course to the office. Some traffic lights are broken. No way you could shop for a drink at your favorite coffee shop – the queues are way too […]
First Task to Accomplish on Monday Morning
Imagine it is 09:00 AM on a Monday morning. You just landed in your office, supercharged by the Bucks or Republic or another brand coffee. You already had two phone calls with a customer (internal or external). Your task waiting list is longer than the Bible’s first chapter and you do not (want to) know where to begin. So what […]