Adrie Reinders: “Our Future……….”

Here is the latest blog posting from Adrie Reinders, Co-Founder and CEO of The E.Factor in his weekly blog entitled “Our Future………..”

The day I delivered my Keynote presentation at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, turned out to be a most inspiring day.

Just over a year ago, my dear friend Hideo Ito, former Chairman Toshiba N&S, America, introduced me to Roberto Garcia - Co-Director, Supply Chain & Global Management Academy. Roberto asked me then to deliver a Keynote at the start of the MBA class of 2010 on Networking. So this past Monday, the 20th October I turned up in Bloomington to meet the class of 2010, a fascinating group of young people representing many different countries, all with high expectations of the Business School and themselves and grand dreams of a new career.

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Adrie Reinders: Lean Mean Fighting Machine

Here is the latest from Adrie Reinders, Co-Founder and CEO of the E.Factor

This is the time where a founder of a company has to show leadership, and you need to step up to the plate. Large organizations generally speaking can be compared to a regular army. There are many divisions, with an equal number of officers there to lead each division. The troops are simply following orders and are there to move and handle the heavy equipment for the team. They are very powerful but it takes them 30-60 days to get into position and effectively go to the war they declared. Once they are moving, they are often unstoppable. Read more

Adrie Reinders: Cash is King

My friend and colleague Adrie Reinders has the uncanny ability to write it exactly as he sees it…and more of then than not he is right on target. I found his blog post on E.Factor especially timely.

As a board member of many start-ups, I have had to deal with numerous situations where cash flow is not sufficient. It can be very painful to really grasp the issue and make significant changes but it is absolutely necessary to do just that in situations such as we are all experiencing right now. Read more