Thursday, October 16, 2014

Of Peace, War and Wonder vs Company Age.

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One of the more interesting discussions in recent times has been Prof Jill Lepore’s arguments against Clayton Christensen’s concept of disr...
Sunday, October 12, 2014

On maps, component class, pipelines, markets, inertia and economic states.

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When drawing maps, I often use different symbols to represent different aspects of competition. For example, since activities, practices, d...
Saturday, October 04, 2014

Something that will change the world of competition ...

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One of the most powerful force multipliers in competition is the use of an ecosystem model known as ILC built around a utility service . Th...

On the future ...

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The Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu once stated, “Those who have knowledge don’t predict. Those who predict don’t have knowledge”. However, let...

On disruption and executive failure

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When examining the issue of predictability, it becomes fairly obvious that there are two important axes to consider - the predictability of...

On Prognositication

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The Internet did not catastrophically collapse in 1996 as Robert Metcalfe (co-inventor of the Ethernet) predicted. Apple was not ‘dead’ by ...
Friday, October 03, 2014

When to use a curve, when to use a map

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The mapping technique is based upon two axes - one which describes a chain of needs (the value chain) from the user needs (visible to the u...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Paradoxes of Organisation

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I've just seen Dave Gray's post on the paradoxes of organisation . Oh, this is a wonderfully rich area and something I'm looki...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

A necessary capability but an unnecessary role - CDO.

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Any widespread examination of corporate strategy will quickly demonstrate the prevalence of backward causality and the copying of others. 6...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

My viewing habits ... 100 hours

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Out of curiosity, some time ago I started to record my viewing habits. Out of the last 100 hours of "recreational video" that I...
Saturday, September 20, 2014

If Wardley mapping is so powerful ...

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... why isn't it more commonly used? For over a decade I've used mapping to startling effect having outwitted much greater foe...
Saturday, September 13, 2014

Three of my favourite taunts of business - adoption, egosystem and SWOT.

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Every now and then, I find something in business so ridiculous that it tweaks my sarcasm gene into overload. I normally respond with a grap...