business acumen

Question

Could you please recommend some methods or resources to improve business awareness and acumen in a short period of time?

Answer 1

Dear participant, thank you for your question, which I am happy to answer!

1.) Initially, I want to bring your awareness to relating questions already asked in the chat here:

- Requirements and strategy potential

- Projects

2.) Other than that I would recommend you regarding business understanding of Siemens to read through the

- Siemens Website

- Case studies on ADV C website

- Siemens LinkedIn pages

3.) Regarding general business knowledge the websites/LinkedIn pages/Apps of business journals and search also for specific keywords to find recent articles (e.g., customer centricity, customer experience management, sustainability, energy, sales excellence), e.g.:

- Forbes

- Harvard Business Review

- manager magazin

- MIT Sloan Management Review

- Wirtschaftswoche

- Handelsblatt

- HORIZONT

- absatzwirtschaft

4.) Check on websites/LinkedIn pages/Apps of large business associations to get the latest news, e.g.:

- World Economic Forum

- National Geographic

- One Young World

- TEDx

I hop that helps! Kind regards!

Answer 2

Read some business newspapers

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