The Grand Adventure
I ran across an article in today’s WSJ, “Macy’s Reignites Retail Worries”, that sets the reader up for an implication that the poor performance of companies like Macy’s, Aeropostale, Sports Authority over the recent quarters may be a sign that the economy is slowing. I don’t see it that way. If you have been paying […]
To think that Musk is only in it to build a car business is short-sighted. Yes, it is amazing that Tesla has generated over 400,000 pre-orders for the Model 3, and I think even the expectations within Tesla have been greatly exceeded. There is obvious pent-up demand and this pre-order book gives Tesla a great […]
I run a lot. I enjoy running and I’ve been a runner almost all my life. My current goal is to get back to my high school weight and beat the 10K time I posted in middle school. Ultimately, I want to be healthy, happy, energetic and retain the privilege of my pilots license until […]
I read an article in the WSJ today about movies in virtual reality. Personally, I think this application of technology will go down the path of 3D movies. Interesting, but not the magic application of technology that causes billions of dollars of new commerce through increased ticket sales or 3D televisions flying off the shelves. […]
I talk a lot about revisiting your underlying business processes and mapping back to the value chain before undergoing any kind of technology systems change. I was working with a large, Fortune 50 client a few years ago who had been working with a homegrown, soon to be unsupported, legacy system to manage their business […]
I’ve always thought of product management and product market management as as superset of project management. I believe it is one of the foundational skills of a competent product manager. There is a direct correlation of risk reduction to the organization by the increased project management skill level of product managers. What are the primary responsibilities […]
Every company eventually gets to the point where they need to replace an aging software system. The old system is showing it’s age due to lack of vendor support, lack of functionality, angry users, etc. For whatever reason, it’s time to shed the old and go shopping. Before you even research your first vendor, you […]
This is the kind of event that Sir Richard Branson used to build Virgin into a global enterprise. Yesterday, Jeff Bezos’ company, Blue Origin, beat SpaceX in a sub-race for a re-usable rocket. (The overall race is far from over) This is a fun race to watch, and winners here are the amazing scientists employed […]
I was recently talking with some thought leaders on the subject of increased value to customers as a result of a merger. The general consensus was that mergers are usually great for Wall Street, but maybe not so great for the combined customer base and usually presented problems for the combined company cultures. There was […]
Anyone remember the “diskless workstation” that IBM was marketing in the late-80s and 90s? The business drivers were predominantly associated with cost, as you could skip the disk drives, but security was also a great factor. After all, if someone stole a company’s diskless workstations, all they would get is hardware as no confidential information […]