Comments on: Creative cost cutting: focus on value http://www.mondaynote.com/2009/03/29/creative-cost-cutting-focus-on-value/ Media, Tech & Business Models Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:55:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Dharmaraj Iyer http://www.mondaynote.com/2009/03/29/creative-cost-cutting-focus-on-value/#comment-1366 Dharmaraj Iyer Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:24:18 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=1621#comment-1366 I appreciate your commentary on the value that news-outlets can offer. You may be interested in this interview with the Chief Operations Officer of India's Mint newspaper (partner of the Wall Street Journal), on how Mint is building business in the recession: http://www.harmonyatwork.in/blog/2009/08/building-business-in-recession/ On the topic of cost-cutting, you might also be interested in this story of a multinational company that tried to cut costs by turing off the air-conditioning in employees' cabs...and ended up LOSING money as a result. http://www.harmonyatwork.in/blog/2009/08/the-financial-impact-of-human-values/ I appreciate your commentary on the value that news-outlets can offer. You may be interested in this interview with the Chief Operations Officer of India’s Mint newspaper (partner of the Wall Street Journal), on how Mint is building business in the recession:
http://www.harmonyatwork.in/blog/2009/08/building-business-in-recession/

On the topic of cost-cutting, you might also be interested in this story of a multinational company that tried to cut costs by turing off the air-conditioning in employees’ cabs…and ended up LOSING money as a result.
http://www.harmonyatwork.in/blog/2009/08/the-financial-impact-of-human-values/

]]> By: laurent dupin http://www.mondaynote.com/2009/03/29/creative-cost-cutting-focus-on-value/#comment-585 laurent dupin Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:56:46 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=1621#comment-585 I agree with your vision concerning the print vs. web battle in the news field. But I disagree the cost killing age as the only future for news & media project on the web. It's a kind of another battle to me : - should we have to let the "commando strategy" as the only strategy to build projetc? - should we have to let the "all day screen connected worker" begin the only way of making news & content on web? I think we should better start to forget old situation & lost battles. And start to talk, fight & build new teams based on good values. And especially on the fact that "journalism" is on the talk! That he understands the trend, the mood and his time, and imagine where and how he could now work. The actual crisis in the media, is a crisis of imagination and capacity to react and propose. We let the mainstreet to all market, business, financial managers... that take the power in the teams. It's a pity. I agree with your vision concerning the print vs. web battle in the news field. But I disagree the cost killing age as the only future for news & media project on the web. It’s a kind of another battle to me :
- should we have to let the “commando strategy” as the only strategy to build projetc?
- should we have to let the “all day screen connected worker” begin the only way of making news & content on web?
I think we should better start to forget old situation & lost battles. And start to talk, fight & build new teams based on good values. And especially on the fact that “journalism” is on the talk! That he understands the trend, the mood and his time, and imagine where and how he could now work. The actual crisis in the media, is a crisis of imagination and capacity to react and propose. We let the mainstreet to all market, business, financial managers… that take the power in the teams. It’s a pity.

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