{"id":232,"date":"2012-01-10T12:15:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T17:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sdaconseil.com\/blog\/?p=232"},"modified":"2012-01-12T22:26:41","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T03:26:41","slug":"happy-new-year-or-good-luck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdaconseil.com\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year or Good Luck?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Montreal, 09 January 2012<\/p>\n

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We used to casually wish Happy New Year to friends and acquaintances as if the good times would keep rolling on.\u00a0 Not anymore.\u00a0 \u00a0We are well established into a new economic cycle driven by technology and low costs.\u00a0 Both are tremendous factors that feed the off shoring of jobs to Asia.\u00a0 The rise of Asia was also the rise of Wal-Mart and dollar stores, to the delight of the middle classes.\u00a0\u00a0 But the rise of Asia is also bearing a constant pressure\u00a0for cost restructurings in western companies, whether in the office or in the sales force.\u00a0 Even some white collar jobs are insidiously being shifted to emerging markets through\u00a0 the covergence of telecoms and IT. \u00a0Low growth will see to that.\u00a0 For many professionals, good luck wishes will be more appropriate for the forthcoming years. \u00a0Good luck wishes mean we have to adapt to the new conditions before hell strikes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thus happy new year to the mining sector, growth companies in high technology, and all those in governments.\u00a0 Good luck to traditional manufacturing, which must combine global fluency and a predisposition to innovate.\u00a0 \u00a0They need the best managers but might not be able to attract them.\u00a0 Good luck to those who have yet to set a single foot in China. \u00a0Good luck to owners if your niche is stagnating, and if\u00a0you pay more attention to your boat. \u00a0Happy new year to youngsters, masters of the digital revolution.\u00a0 Good luck to those still outside the social medias, at home and in the office.\u00a0\u00a0 Happy new year to employees in services that require close relationships, and face-to-face contacts.\u00a0 Good luck if your services are impersonal. \u00a0\u00a0Good luck if you are above 45 and have not renewed your executive skills on international strategy, innovation, managing teams and in reading people.\u00a0 How to manage productivity AND innovation is now one of the biggest challenges for organisations.\u00a0 On which side of the equation are you going to be?\u00a0 Happy new year if you have a smart mentor, acting as a flash light for you.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Good luck if your bank or credit card company calls you. \u00a0 If you are not sure, happy new year anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 Du Sault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Montreal, 09 January 2012 We used to casually wish Happy New Year to friends and acquaintances as if the good times would keep rolling on.\u00a0 Not anymore.\u00a0 \u00a0We are well established into a new economic cycle driven by technology and low costs.\u00a0 Both are tremendous factors that feed the off shoring of jobs to Asia.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdaconseil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdaconseil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdaconseil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdaconseil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdaconseil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sdaconseil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"https:\/\/sdaconseil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdaconseil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdaconseil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdaconseil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}