Aviation
F-1 Rocket and AEIO-540 Build Log
After a lot of research on various airplanes over the years, and with the F1 over the past several months, I know the important things to focus on (i hope!) and one of the biggest ones is the wings. Most importantly, how to keep them attached to the airplane, both initially, as well as over […]
Aviation
F-1 Rocket and AEIO-540 Build Log
Serial Number 230 – F1 Rocket (RV-4 on steroids!) Yep. Those are the plans serial number assigned to my build. I think that’s going to represent my top speed in knots. đ I’ve been dreaming about it for decades. I’ve been attending the annual Oshkosh Airventure show since 1998. I’ve lusted after the Glassairs, the […]
Disruptive Methodologies
Disruptive Technologies
Ecosystem
Entrepreneurs
Innovation
Strategy
I was reading a recent WSJ article called The Real Engine Propelling Innovation. The writer states categorically that itâs physics. Innovation is something that is inevitable, claim the researchers at MIT who think theyâve found a predictive analytics algorithm to determine when an emerging technology might be ready for prime time. The feels kind of […]
Culture
Ecosystem
Innovation
Organizational Health
“Mark’s Key Three” When you ask most leaders how healthy their organizations are, they will list a few known areas and then list a handful of risk mitigations they have put in place to handle the known areas. If you ask them how they feel about the pace of innovation, they will likely tell you […]
Organizational Health
Strategy
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] I was reading a sponsored research presentation on LinkedIn that stated that less than 80% of CEOs believe in their employees’ ability to communicate the strategy to others. They don’t believe their employees understand the mission and strategy, especially now, post-Covid. Another question highlighted how fewer CEOs believe […]
Innovation
Strategy
Uncategorized
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Microsoft appears to be changing it’s strategy in terms of operating system support in the client market, and perhaps the server market as well. The value dynamic has changed such that foundational software like operating systems are commoditized. Windows, macOS, and Linux are all very capable and the […]
Uncategorized
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] As a follow up to the article I published last week, I saw this article on Ray Ozzie’s new company with products that include 10 years of free AT&T service. Buyer-Payer-User. You need to know who will enable your business momentum. âI said, âLook, youâre not going to […]
Brand Management
Product Management
Product Marketing
Strategy
Technology Marketing
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] One of the benefits of going to a top school is having very talented professors. The best have a way of describing a concept so simply and “matter of factly” that it sticks with you forever. When I attended Emory’s Goizueta school, one of those professors was Dr. […]
Personal Development
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] (This was originally published in 2013… thought I’d dust it off and publish it.) It still amazes me how far the human race has progressed in technology over the past 40 years. I mean, look at written history over the past couple of THOUSAND years, then look at […]