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From: muriuki mureithi <mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke>
To: elizaslider@yahoo.com
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Mon, October 11, 2010 4:53:50 PM
Subject: Re: [kictanet] The big Kwaheri: reflecting on 10 years on the MJ 10 yr safari and his-tory - day 2

Well stated Joseph!
Is there more market to tap or MJ cleared all?


cheers

Muriuki Mureithi


-----Original Message-----
From: jwaruingi@advantech.co.ke [mailto:jwaruingi@advantech.co.ke]
Sent: 11 October 2010 14:08
To: muriuki mureithi
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] The big Kwaheri: reflecting on 10 years on the MJ 10
yr safari and his-tory - day 2

Hi Listers,

My take is that MJ has been a good and astute student of C K Prahlad, 
he of the 'The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid' concept or what 
others will call the Bottom Billion (though there are varying thoughts 
for and against this line of thinking).

However, by thinking through the needs of those at the lowers levels 
of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, he has created an enviable machine.

Companies in the manufacturing sector do manufacture smaller Stock 
Keeping Units (SKUs) for the 'kadogo economy', but have probably not 
perfected their supply chain to reach the intended consumers as widely.

There is definitely something for them to learn how MJ has perfected 
the supply chain to work as well as it does.

Best regards

Quoting muriuki mureithi <mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke>:

> Hi Listers
>
> Many thanks for the exciting and very candid contribution - straight from
> the heart. It came out clearly that there is something in MJ's character
> that produces the results we see.  Mj was  '---smart enough to take
> advantage of the situation during his tenure--  '  . Did MJ create the
> situation  or just took advantage?
>
> Lets reflect on the lessons  of his early years in the ict industry.  The
> company was small and indeed an underdog  - today this is no more
>
> There were and still are many companies that were in same position. Some
> have gone under while  others are struggling
>
> What lessons do the MJ actions teach such companies ?
>
> Can  the lessons from MJ replicated  to other industries?
>
>
>
> cheers
>
> Muriuki Mureithi
>
>
>
>
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