In 2021, I started working as a temporary export manager for two companies that produce machinery. It is a part-time assignment that I perform besides my normal consulting and training activities. With any new assignment the first step is, as …
The more time passes, the more I realize that training is also essential to my work. Especially in these times. These past few days I have prepared my next marketing lessons in Diskos and I was under the illusion of …
This year I started collaborating with some companies that have chosen to move from the production of a semi-finished product to producing their own finished product. The most frequent situation is that of those who previously produced a component, and …
This month I participated in two digital events: a fair and an open house. Here are some thoughts. I “attended” the fair with a company that makes machinery for liquid foodstuffs. We should have attended the BrauBeviale fair – dedicated …
It has been 10 years since I started working as a Temporary Export Manager (TEM) and offering consultancy on export issues. Italy was emerging from the 2008 crisis and exports were (and still are) the only way to revive sales. …
The Morgan Stanley investment bank has recently launched a fund that, in addition to investing in the usual tech stocks, also focuses on the shares of a school based in Beijing: the TAL Education Group. A school that employs 35,000 …
I just read the book Robots Can’t Network (For Now) by Gianfranco Minutolo from which I got confirmation of my method of working as well as some interesting ideas. I’ll highlight a few themes now and refer you to the …
These days there is a lot of talk about smart working, digital marketing and, now, also about digital export management. Is this the future that awaits us? Or – as often happens – is it just a passing fad, used …
Export travels online is the title of a training course organized by Punto Confindustria which will begin on June 24th. I am one of the speakers together with my colleague, Claudia Zarabara. I have always been an advocate for the …
The coronavirus has forced us into a long quarantine. A sudden change of habits, not at all easy to accept. “Out of the blue our ordinary habits have become wonderful and extraordinary. Funny that normal becomes extraordinary.” (Ilaria Capua, virologist) …