<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">MM,<br><br>I read this and I like the sound of it. But unless Prof. Michael Porter (the renowned Strategist) says the same words, I would believe Bob C. is being poetic. But hey Poetry may not stop Airtel from eating his lunch ;-)<br><br>walu.<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 3/24/11, muriuki mureithi <i><mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: muriuki mureithi <mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke><br>Subject: [kictanet] Bob ups the corporate warfare strategy<br>To: jwalu@yahoo.com<br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 5:05 PM<br><br><div id="yiv801367327">
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<p class="yiv801367327MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: 15.6pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="font-family: "serif"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" lang="EN">Hi
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<p class="yiv801367327MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: 15.6pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="font-family: "serif"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" lang="EN">------Restructuring
presents a paradigm shift in the thinking and operations of both staff and
business partners. Already, staff have been taken through the strategy, which
Mr Collymore describes as a shift from the past to the present. </span></p>
<p class="yiv801367327MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><i><span style="font-family: "serif"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" lang="EN">“From
output to outcomes, from value propositions to value conversations, from
differentiated products to products that make a difference, from value chains
to value cycles, from competitive advantage to constructive advantage,”</span></i><span style="font-family: "serif"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" lang="EN"> is how he
sums up the new direction. --- Bob quoted by DN Smart company <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Silver+lining+in+Safaricom+shake+up++/-/1226/1130072/-/dctddjz/-/index.html">http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Silver+lining+in+Safaricom+shake+up++/-/1226/1130072/-/dctddjz/-/index.html</a>
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<p class="yiv801367327MsoNormal">Where can I get some academic writing on these concepts and
where applied? </p>
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<p class="yiv801367327MsoNormal">cheers </p>
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<p class="yiv801367327MsoNormal">Muriuki Mureithi </p>
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<p class="yiv801367327MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Pristina; color: red;">Its only when you hitch yourself up to something bigger than
yourself that you realise your true potential - barrack obama US President</span></b></p>
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