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"A couple of years ago, Amazon.com announced that they were going to stop their advertising all together. No more magazine adverts or TV. Instead they decided to invest all of their advertising dollars into providing free shipping of books." ...
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A post of mine at www.viewpoint.net.nz on Dean Bracewells comments to the NZ Herald about technology in Freightways
"And whilst we've been lining up to make that decision about the technology in the vans we've been focussing very heavily on ensuring we deliver our core service, which is getting packages to the right place at the right time."
The article serves as a timely reminder, well to me at least, that technology matters very little if you are not delivering your core service. In NZC's case that is providing consistency and reliability.
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I can't help myself. I posted about the Hamilton Airport Departure tax not being at all remarkable. This from the NZ Herald
A fall in international passengers has not prevented Hamilton International Airport from reporting a strong December half-year profit.
After-tax profit was $269,003, up more than 19 per cent, on $225,677 previously. Pre-tax profit was also up 19 per cent to $401,497 on revenue of $2.7 million, up 3.9 per cent.
Total passenger numbers were down 4 per cent, mostly due to a 19 per cent fall in international passengers after a cut in Freedom Air's schedule.
Passenger numbers down 19%, profit up 19%. Remember this is an airport owned by local government. It has the potenital to become a major regional hub and a major small aircraft development centre, but unfortunately they invest their creative energies in designing departure taxes.
Do I still seem a little bit bitter? I'm not! I just feel all the good work that is going on in the region like V8's can get undone by silly little things like a departure tax.
A couple of posts about Winning & Winning: The answers by Jack Welch at www.viewpoint.net.nz
Winning is about reaching the destination you chose. It is not necessarily about profit, though it can be. But winning is, at its most fundamental, about making something of your life. It is about progress and meaning. It is about achievement.
This is a quote from Winning: The Answers by Jack & Suzy Welch. You can read a brief review [here]
I have also uploaded a booklet that I developed for Leadership development with the eariler "Winning" book by Jack Welch [here]
An interesting website that summaries your website and values it.
viewpoint.net.nz is worth $40, and agoge.com is worth $145.
Kiwiblog has a PR5 rating and is worth $26,950.
Gen Y’s are experiential, ethicists, uncommitted to career and consumerists. They have matured in prosperous times which means they have often received most of what they asked for.
Characteristics of Generation Y
- Born 1976-1991 … now aged 16-31
- Matured to adulthood in prosperous times
- Many live at home with mum & dad
- Very loyal to friends, to workmates, not to employers
- Prefer ‘deals’ not contracts and ‘mentors’ not bosses
- Will Inherit boomer wealth
- Technology savvy; global thinking
- They are the most educated generation to date.
This is a part of a post of mine on viewpoint.net.nz. Click [here] to read full post.
A post of mine on viewpoint.net.nz about the importance of our teams remembering that they are dealing with real live people when they answer the phone.
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Another post of mine on viewpoint.net.nz, driven by our quest to be an employer of choice.
"How does a medium sized company in the transport and logistics industry compete for great people against what can be seen as more sexy and edgy industries?"
This is a link to a post of mine about the two different approaches to technology between Freightways Group and Express Couriers over the last 15 years.
"Back office systems allow you to manage the business easily and free up people to focus on providing real human service to customers. "
There are a couple of posts on viewpoint.net.nz that I have done recently.
Ingenious means providing remarkable and inventive and edgy and customer focused and stunning service. [Read More]
Hamilton Airport is too taxing!
The board and management team lack the ability to think in an ingenious way. Taxing the departing visitor is dumb. I thought the purpose of the airport increase visitors to the region. [Read More]
Did you learn anything? Even something small? If you didn't are you developing as a leader? What would happen if you asked yourself every day? What would happen if you asked different people you work with what they learnt every now and then? [Read More]
In France 1 in every 5 people are employed by the state. Employment and business law is so regulated that growth is minimal. There is little being done to encourage start-up businesses and when a change to labour laws was suggested 1,000,000 people marched (and rioted) against them. [Dont Read :-)]
