The Grand Adventure
I was reading a recent WSJ article called The Real Engine Propelling Innovation. The writer states categorically that it’s physics. Innovation is something that is inevitable, claim the researchers at MIT who think they’ve found a predictive analytics algorithm to determine when an emerging technology might be ready for prime time. The feels kind of […]
“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 […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
[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. “I said, ‘Look, you’re not going to […]
[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. […]
[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 […]
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] I just got through with a very aggravating experience trying to book a rental car from Hertz. I’m joining a few fellow Beechcraft Bonanza pilots in Florida in a few weeks to practice formation flying. Every year we practice taking off, flying, and landing in close formation, in […]
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] The world is full of crazy people. Hopefully none of them are your own flesh and blood! My boys are 7 and 9 years old, so they are still a little too young to get caught up in the Tide Pod Challenge. Thank heavens! What starts as “innocent” […]
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] When I worked in IBM Marketing, we ran quarterly pulses on the market to ensure that our offerings were still relevant and on-point with our customers, partners and competitors. I’ve worked with companies that also do this to varying degrees, though not as masterfully. One report in particular […]