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Once I received the question how to describe European culture out of business perspective.

Told my American friends that culture is heavily country dependent and hence impossible to create a uniform picture. Hence I started mapping characterics on a country base allowing to extract f.e. "What do I need to know when developing business in Italy?"

Language skills and frequent travels allowed me to create such a training , highly relevant as "first impression counts". This cultural training says it all and is really fun to know and to do ...

Digitalisation, innovative technologies, geo-politics, wars, mergers & acquisitions, sustainability and the effects of global warming require more then just a small reflection. The context is changing a lot and so are the involved risks.

How to perform best in this new world as the business landscape is going through massive changes, influencing the balance between sellers and buyers

Relationship management is one of the keys to translate technical opportunities into real value. You can read all about updated ways to optimize solutions in this changing environment on my website.

Do you know the about 20 methods to reduce costs ? Some are truly low hanging fruit while others require a bit more sophistication.

Interaction with the business is always required in order to understand the opportunities and even more importantly the potential risks involved. Key would be to translate positive outcome by procurement into real benefits for the company. Too often I have witnessed a true loss of savings due to a lack of internal processes and hence the business not always "believed" their own cost cutting colleagues. Contact me to get insights on the portfolio of cost reduction methodologies in order to understand which could be suitable for your company.

Our world leaders are permanenty creating a cocktail of complexity, leading to tremendous volatility.

Oilprices do change permanently with extra supply chain complexity also often creating shortages into some segments (ex. plastics) , creating a supply/demand unbalance.

Also geo-political instability and the growth of China is correcting the full game. How to influence/anticipate do let me know ...