Monthly Archives: July 2012
Where is the Intelligence in Your System?
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As industries mature, they distribute intelligence differently. What do I mean by that? Here’s a diagram that I sketched out when I was at the CEEC Workshop last month: It shows that we can build intelligence about the system in two places – in people or in technology (which can be any kind of tool). […]
Where is the Australian Facebook?
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Schumpeter & Keynes on an Innovation Dilemma
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John and I were talking last week with a CEO for whom we were doing some consulting. His firm had gone through some major stress during the project when their primary customer switched suppliers. The company is remarkable – they are in a traditional industry with a history of poor workforce relations. Despite this, they […]
Are You Entering a Market or Building One?
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There is a huge difference between entering an existing market and building a completely new one. To see an example, check this out – it is the very first Apple product, which Andrew Chen writes about in a terrific post: You can see why IBM didn’t view personal computers as any kind of threat to […]