Wim GE De Vos

Small businesses with a BIG impact

Day 21 – Inside the 1st 🌊: We the people…

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End of week 3 in lockdown here in Spain. And in a similar situation in many other countries.
Some are amazed how how much we have in common…
As people. You, me, everyone else.
The same is true for small businesses.

As discussed in a previous post, people are the foundation of a businesses.

Distilled from over 40 conversations over the last 3 weeks I propose the following Preamble in these times of business hardship, but hopefully also long after…

 

WE THE PEOPLE OF SMALL BUSINESSES,

believe in the Power of We, and therefore:

  • will grow and cherish the Community as a self-healing complex network of organizations. Each of which is the sum ⨋ of individuals to the power of their values. ⨋ (individuals)
  • will Connect with other people on a daily basis putting the relationship before any short-term gain. Connections are infinite and accumulate value over time.
  • will have the Courage to accept our own responsibility and attitude. Therefore we will empower others (team members, customers, suppliers) to allow them to rise to the occasion every day and thus contribute to the success of the organization. Freedom and the means to do so will be provided for all.

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#thisisastoryaboutpeople

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As always – looking forward to hearing from all of you soon. ✌🏼

For more on this “Covid19 – 3 wave 🌊 – storm”… click here

Inside the 1st Wave: Back to basics & #2020BusinessChallenge

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With this video I wanted to follow up on all the ideas and suggestions I received from you as a reaction to my earlier post “small businesses – 3 Wave Storm coming“. 🙏🏻
Share with you how we as small businesses can get through the first wave of this storm.
 
I addition I want to propose a #2020businesschallenge to all #businessowners, #directors and #boardmembers:
1. No layoffs
2. zero-profit-year
3. learning opportunity
 
Looking forward to your feedback as always.
 
If we work together – learn – be positive, we have the opportunity to come out of this as better people, businesses and as a society.
This is an opportunity in disguise. #bettertogether
 
#astoryaboutpeople #makewowthestandard #thenewnormal

home technology for visionary architects & premium home builders

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Why is this of interest? ⏭Premium home technology is on the rise and on the move. 
Every premium home will have beautiful integrated technology at their very core. And the starting point for this technology is the design phase of the property.
Note: Good design principles in this respect are all about offering options & future-proof homes.
Homes will be connected and not just smart.
And home tech has shifted from convenience-focused applications to
experience-focused integration of all components.
This is very similar to what we see in car design.
How can Genesis be service? 🟢 Simplify and beautify things.

We are convinced we can simplify and beautify the whole business of home technology for end-clients, architects, builders and installers of technology.

Via the Genesis Builder Program we can help you in designing, marketing, selling, delivering and servicing homes better.

Who are we? 🖥Genesis, home technology architects.
We are focussed on premium residential home technology solutions & services.
Our partner network of 300 certified and trusted independent installers of technology is second to none.
Together with our partners we are passionate to make WOW the standard in homes of today and tomorrow.
Latest reference of a visionary home builder who has partnered with us:
PGA Catalunya Golf Resort ⛳️ – more info here.

 

 

Connected Home – 3 levels

Connected homes 🏠+🏠 example: Sonnen clean energy – more info here

Connected home + car 🏠+🚙 example: Vinli integration – more info here

Connected home + owners 🏠+👩🏼‍⚕️ example: Control4 Foresight – more info here

Digital transformation – where to start

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A recent survey of  directors, CEOs, and senior executives found that digital transformation (DT) risk is their #1 concern in 2019. Yet 70% of all DT initiatives do not reach their goals. (source Harvard Business Review)

Digital transformation is a matter of survival for any business. But especially tricky for SME´s.

Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Salesforce, IBM, SAP, but also thousands of specialised players like Xero, Slack, Bootcamp, Mailchimp,… are all promising you the world.

So where do you start? How do you decide?

  • Look for the perfect “total solution provider”?
  • Build upon whatever software you already use?
  • Cloud or local packages?
  • Departmental approach (accounting, sales, production, shipping, IT, finance,…)

The decision making process I propose is the following:

Start with an in-depth business analysis. Where are we today?
Then lay out your strategic vision for the business. Where are we going?

And then a hybrid, personalised and phased approach will start to emerge.

Some parts will be hosted locally (eg sensitive information), some parts will be hosted in either a private cloud (own infrastructure) or public cloud solutions (external suppliers).

There is no Holy Grail of digital transformation. You are unique. So is the solution you need.

So start with analysing where you are today and plotting where you want to be tomorrow. Not by selecting softwares or vendors.

And I bet you will find that the digital transformation of your business will be hybrid, personal and phased.

Some interesting reads are:

ZDNet: Digital Transformation: making it work in the real world.
Harvard Business Review: Digital Transormation is not about technology.
Insead Knowledge: Setting the stage for Digital Transformation

sunk costs…🛶

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What you have done in the past does not – by itself – become a criterion for what you should do in the future.

Investing your time and passion today and the next todays is about possible future outcomes. Not about what you did in the past.

a simple example…: “I’ve already watched an hour of this horrible movie, I should probably just finish it”

“Sunk costs” is not simply a financial concept, but a highly personal one too.

#thefuturestartsnow

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