Comments for Thomas Fabritius Eskebæk http://eskebaek.net Technology, Business Development, Entrepreneurship Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:05:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Example of Embracing Mass Customization by David http://eskebaek.net/2009/02/26/example-of-embracing-mass-customization/comment-page-1/#comment-8 David Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:52:47 +0000 http://thewisdomofcrowds.org/?p=73#comment-8 I am also very exited about LEGO Factory and LEGO Universe. Recently LEGO launched LEGO Publish (google LEGO Cuusoo) in Japan. The potential synergies are very interesting indeed. Build a house in LEGO universe, translate it into a physical model in LEGO factory and sell it off through LEGO Publish. This enables users to engage in products across platforms and opens for several new revenue streams for LEGO! I am working with LEGO's new business development group on a project applying lessons learned to the furniture industry and the jewelery industry. If anyone are interested drop me a line: david.dencker@gmail.com I am also very exited about LEGO Factory and LEGO Universe. Recently LEGO launched LEGO Publish (google LEGO Cuusoo) in Japan. The potential synergies are very interesting indeed. Build a house in LEGO universe, translate it into a physical model in LEGO factory and sell it off through LEGO Publish. This enables users to engage in products across platforms and opens for several new revenue streams for LEGO!

I am working with LEGO’s new business development group on a project applying lessons learned to the furniture industry and the jewelery industry. If anyone are interested drop me a line: david.dencker@gmail.com

]]> Comment on A Different Approach to Layoffs by Thomas Eskebaek http://eskebaek.net/2009/01/30/a-different-approach-to-layoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Thomas Eskebaek Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:23:22 +0000 http://thewisdomofcrowds.org/?p=16#comment-7 http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2009/02/12/49370/kpmg-staff-back-four-day-week-in-bid-to-save-jobs.html Looks like KPMG has had similar thoughts they are seemingly moving to a four-day work week to cut costs and avoid redundancies. http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2009/02/12/49370/kpmg-staff-back-four-day-week-in-bid-to-save-jobs.html

Looks like KPMG has had similar thoughts they are seemingly moving to a four-day work week to cut costs and avoid redundancies.

]]> Comment on Help find a good name for a user-design/mass collaboration startup by David http://eskebaek.net/2009/02/10/help-find-a-good-name-for-a-user-designmass-collaboration-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-6 David Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:05:43 +0000 http://thewisdomofcrowds.org/?p=62#comment-6 Great to be featured here, and excellent suggestion, Piotr - Thanks! I still haven't decided so suggestions are still very welcome! Great to be featured here, and excellent suggestion, Piotr - Thanks! I still haven’t decided so suggestions are still very welcome!

]]> Comment on Help find a good name for a user-design/mass collaboration startup by Piotr Jakubowski http://eskebaek.net/2009/02/10/help-find-a-good-name-for-a-user-designmass-collaboration-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Piotr Jakubowski Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:08:21 +0000 http://thewisdomofcrowds.org/?p=62#comment-5 How about ideallate :) Users, manufactures and user-designers all *collaborate* exchanging *ideas* to make the products *ideal*. It can be verbified, the .com domain is still available ... plus it is very 2.0 :) How about ideallate :) Users, manufactures and user-designers all *collaborate* exchanging *ideas* to make the products *ideal*. It can be verbified, the .com domain is still available … plus it is very 2.0 :)

]]> Comment on A Different Approach to Layoffs by ThomasEskebaek http://eskebaek.net/2009/01/30/a-different-approach-to-layoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-4 ThomasEskebaek Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:59:34 +0000 http://thewisdomofcrowds.org/?p=16#comment-4 A very insightful comment Martin, and I think you may be correct that it probably will not work on a macro economic scale as it may cause lowered living standards and deflation. However, if 10% of a country's workforce is all of a sudden without employment, wouldn't that also cause decrease in living standards and deflation? I believe this might be even more undesirable for a country, as having a very large number of people unemployed (and thereby not "producing" anything for the country) results in higher social costs and less productivity. By lowering salaries instead, the workforce remains productive and does not draw public money - in my view, this seems a much better state of affairs. Disclaimer: Please bear in mind however, that I have no economic background or training. A very insightful comment Martin, and I think you may be correct that it probably will not work on a macro economic scale as it may cause lowered living standards and deflation. However, if 10% of a country’s workforce is all of a sudden without employment, wouldn’t that also cause decrease in living standards and deflation? I believe this might be even more undesirable for a country, as having a very large number of people unemployed (and thereby not “producing” anything for the country) results in higher social costs and less productivity. By lowering salaries instead, the workforce remains productive and does not draw public money - in my view, this seems a much better state of affairs.

Disclaimer: Please bear in mind however, that I have no economic background or training.

]]> Comment on A Different Approach to Layoffs by Martin Stockner http://eskebaek.net/2009/01/30/a-different-approach-to-layoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Martin Stockner Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:51:25 +0000 http://thewisdomofcrowds.org/?p=16#comment-3 With the massive amount of layoffs that have been occurring recently, I have thought the exact same thing. There are a few problems with this, however. Obviously this might work in a single company. But if you apply this to a macro level and to all the companies that are laying off people, it simply doesn't work. Lower salaries means a decrease in living standards. It's deflation, which is extremely undesirable for a country. I do, however, think that many people could live off a much lower salary if they lived more modestly, this is an unrealistic expectation to apply on a macro level in our current materialistic-orientated society. With the massive amount of layoffs that have been occurring recently, I have thought the exact same thing. There are a few problems with this, however. Obviously this might work in a single company. But if you apply this to a macro level and to all the companies that are laying off people, it simply doesn’t work. Lower salaries means a decrease in living standards. It’s deflation, which is extremely undesirable for a country. I do, however, think that many people could live off a much lower salary if they lived more modestly, this is an unrealistic expectation to apply on a macro level in our current materialistic-orientated society.

]]> Comment on Finding the Killer App by Will McCulloch http://eskebaek.net/2009/01/24/the-importance-of-finding-the-killer-app/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Will McCulloch Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:09:58 +0000 http://thewisdomofcrowds.org/?p=7#comment-2 Just to say I enjoyed the read (and I'm following you on Twitter) Cheers Will http://twitter.com/whatawebsite Just to say I enjoyed the read
(and I’m following you on Twitter)
Cheers
Will
http://twitter.com/whatawebsite

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