Monday, December 01, 2014

The 10xers

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Back in the days of Fotango (circa 2000 to 2007), we used to talk about the difference between an average developer and a rock star as bein...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

On the impact of CEOs

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There is a popular idea of the CEO as the lone mastermind directing the fortunes of a company, playing a game of chess against the CEOs of ...
Saturday, November 29, 2014

Fool's mate in Business

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I'm in the middle of writing up some work and I thought I'd spend a bit of time explaining how utterly ridiculous strategy is in ma...
Friday, November 28, 2014

There are many chasms to cross ...

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Consider the evolution of an activity such as computing infrastructure. Let us start with the genesis of the act of modern digital infrastru...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

How we used to organise stuff ..

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In the early days, we used to apply one size fits all methodology because we didn't know better (see figure 1, which is a system provi...
Friday, November 14, 2014

How to get to Strategy ... in ten steps!

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I was asked by someone whether I could help with a particular strategy. My response, was rather simple ... you do steps 0-9, I'll help y...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Bimodal IT - the new old hotness

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I've recently come across a concept known as Bimodal IT. I couldn't stop howling with laughter. It's basically 2004 dressed up ...
Monday, November 10, 2014

The Enterprise is slower than you think

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In the late 1990s, I had taken an interest in 3D printing. It was one of the main reasons I joined Fotango (a small but failing online phot...
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...