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Newsletter
JULY 2010 COWEN BIDS TO DRUM UP BUSINESS IN NY: 13th July 2010
“The focus of all efforts must be the entrepreneur and enterprise,” Taoiseach Mr. Brian Cowen told a breakfast audience of some two dozen people at the New York stock exchange, on July 12th 2010. Over the next five years, the National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) and Enterprise Ireland are to provide €250 million for the scheme, which is intended to lure venture capital to Ireland. Venture capitalists are to provide the other €250 million. (Source: The Irish Times 13/07/10)
Click here for more >>TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT: 1st & 2nd September 2010, Limerick
This ICBE hosted event is for - those currently involved in large organizational change - those with expertise in management looking to increase their ability to manage “Resistance to Change” and - staff faced with Change who desire to respond to it with more than just ‘emotion’.
Click here for more >>POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT & MARKETING, DIT: September 2010, Dublin
Starting in September 2010, this new programme provides the opportunity for graduates in Engineering, Science, IT, Humanities, Law and other disciplines to experience an accelerated business studies programme over one calendar year of part-time studies leading to a Postgraduate Diploma.
Click here for more >>LEAN SIX SIGMA IN THE U.S. ARMY! (24 June 2010)
"The intent of LEAP (Lean Six Sigma Excellence Awards Program)is to recognize Army organizations and practitioners that have demonstrated excellence in Continuous Process Improvement and Lean Six Sigma capabilities," said David Reed IMCOM-Europe operations division. "The competition represents a great opportunity for garrisons to showcase their work."
Click here for more >>DYNAMIC SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: 19th October 2010, Dublin
The recent economic volatility has provided a fresh impetus in terms of building the necessary supply chain strategic capability in a proactive and focused manner. For this reason Logistics Ireland 2010 focuses on achieving supply chain alignment in building the capability necessary to succeed in this challenging environment.
Click here for more >>THE LAST BUSINESSMAN
What do you think of the IDA`s video promoting Ireland as a location for business? I`d like to see the Indian or Chinese version of this! This piece of cheese aside, the IDA website has some useful information videos that are worth a look.
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Innovation:
"Ingredients of a successful growing organisation should include a high degree of system and stability and a small degree of turbulence.
Innovation is the source of the turbulence."
Think New Roger La Salle
What is innovation? We are being encouraged by government and development agencies to innovate to stimulate financial growth, but what do they mean exactly? Unlike invention, which usually requires a flash of inspiration, innovation is a process of coordinated activities that, when linked with identified opportunities, generates new value for the organisation and the customer.
In partnership with The Centre for Competitiveness, Cordatus offers a range of structured innovation workshops take participants through this process of coordinated activities. The workshops enable participants to:
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identify opportunities for innovation in their products or services
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develop dozens of ideas for product and service innovation within hours
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prioritise these ideas in terms of market viability
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understand the significance of the business planning process in expoliting innovation in the marketplace
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establish contact with technology transfer, patent and licence agencies.
To find out if we can assist with bringing a structured approach to innovation in your organisation please contact us.
 Bernie Rushe MD Cordatus, Tel +353 91 870708
Mob +353 87 870708 e-mail brushe@cordatus.ie -