2. INSANITY … A Working Definition
Continuing to do things as we have
always done them and expecting, at
the same time, to magically
generate a different outcome …
3. Today’s Challenges …
• The global economy impacts every national,
regional and local economy in one way or another
• The global economy is in a constant state of flux
• The global economy is rapidly making it impossible
to isolate ourselves from the consequences of an
economic crisis in another country or region no
matter how distant
4. Today’s Challenges …
Ask yourself these questions …
• What changes are on the horizon?
• What will their impact be?
• When will their impact be felt?
• Where will their impact be felt?
• What can I do to minimize the impact?
• Why will that be necessary?
5. The SECRET to Success …
• The SECRET for success is:
• Hard Work = Success
• Tenacity = Success
• Higher Education = Success
• Being Born with Money = Success
• What rules must you follow to succeed?
◦ Earn a business degree from Harvard?
◦ Earn a business degree from Oxford?
◦ Get your business credentials from some well
known college or university at the very least!
6. The SECRET to Success …
Success to one may be failure to another …
◦ Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard during his
first year and, without a degree, was still able to
build the most successful software company in
history
◦ George Eastman, multi-millionaire founder of
Kodak was a high school dropout
◦ Giuliana Benneton, billionaire founder of
international clothing giant Benneton Group, had
little formal education in her life.
◦ Thomas Edison, world renown inventor
(phonograph, light bulb, etc.), quit school when a
teacher called him “addled.”
7. The SECRET to Success …
Success to one may be failure to another …
◦ Steve Jobs, billionaire co-founder of Apple
Computers PIXAR, etc., dropped out of college
because “I had no idea what I wanted to do with
my life and how college was going to help me
figure it out.”
◦ John Major, former British Prime Minister was
a high school dropout but that did not stop him
from rising to the top in his chosen career.
◦ Rosalia Mera, Spanish billionaire co-founder of
one of the world’s most successful apparel
manufacturers, was a high school dropout
10. What Do We Do Now
• Get to know yourself
• Identify strengths and weaknesses
• Evaluate strengths and weaknesses
• Determine potential impact of weaknesses
11. What Do We Do Now
Remember this … change is the only
constant in any formula …
• One can choose to fight change
• One can choose to embrace change
• One can adapt and adjust to change
• Change will occur with or without your approval
12. What Do We Do Now
Is education and training important … ?
• Absolutely, if the program:
◦ Is well targeted
◦ Is appropriate to the socio-economic environment
◦ Is appropriate to the needs of the learner
◦ Is geared toward the needs of an employer rather
than employee
◦ Takes into consideration the resources demanded
of the participant (time as well as money)
17. The Proposed Alliance: AIPA
• The Alliance International Partnership Agreement
(AIPA) offers:
1. Quality assurance training and certification
2. Productivity Core Tool (SPC, APQP, PPAP,
FMEA)
3. Lean Concept Workshops
4. Six Sigma business process reengineering
5. ISO Standards training and implementation
18. The Proposed Alliance: UMIS-SMEA
• Develop a working plan to effectively initiate
alliance sanctioned programs in the region
• Coordinate placement and implementation of alliance
efforts and resources based upon regional expertise
in cultural and socio-economic interaction
• Focus organization and alliance resources to develop
increased numbers of intrepid entrepreneurs,
competent intrapreneurs, certified business
professionals, trained and certified quality assurance
entities and long-term pro-active participation in the
regional business community
19. The Proposed Alliance: Your Entity
• Develop a working plan to create an alliance
agreement with WUSME
• Develop a working plan to coordinate and focus
efforts to implement alliance programs in the
locality, nation and/or region falling within it’s area
of cultural and socio-economic expertise
20. The Proposed Alliance … In Unison
All allied organizations will:
• Conduct in-field procedures to evaluate, consult with
and advise graduates regarding application of learned
skills and processes
• Discuss and make recommendations regarding any
additional business training, quality training, etc.
• Develop and offer appropriate, short-term (one or
two day) Continuing Professional Education (CPE)*
programs on a regularly scheduled basis
• Develop a Best Practices and Participant database -
as the cycle continues – to be available for access by
other participants
* Annual CPE credits are required for attorneys, doctors, certified and chartered accountants, etc., to keep their
certifications valid and their skills current. Certified businesses and business professional are no different
24. CONTACT
WUSME World Union of SMEs
IUE International University of Entreprenology
Prof. James Omps
Prof. Norbert Knoll von Dormhoff
mailto: wus@europe.com