Last week I asked five seemingly easy questions that will tell you a lot about the state of your digital readiness. To recap they are Let’s discuss the maturity of your Board’s knowledge in running a Digital P&L and using modern digital product delivery...
How to Get Started In the Exponential Economy Welcome back. After a couple of weeks drilling into the exponential economy and traits consistent in digital disruptors, this week I want to change things up a little. I thought we’d do a short Q&A session to get you...
Last week we took a look at managing people impacted by a restructure, focussing on three actions essential for achieving positive outcomes: Do it quickly Do it with integrity Be generous I concluded by saying I wanted to focus this week on the team you’re keeping...
In David Yoffie’s new Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs he and co-author, Michael Cusumano have reviewed Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs, strategy and leadership decisions and have identified five key lessons to...
“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” Mark Twain One of the biggest stumbling blocks of getting strategy approved is not necessarily because the strategy is a bad or wrong it is that it can’t crisply and succinctly be...
Over the summer I read a couple of great books. How Google Works and Zero to One. Both books were great reads and there are a number of common themes: Think about the platform Think global scale Hire the best talent Etc The theme I want to draw on is...
