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“If you don’t have a real stake in the new, then just surviving on the old – even if it is about efficiency – I don’t think is a long-term game.” – Satya Nadella Is any business safe surviving on “the old”? Managing a product or service that is in Read More …
How is Netflix making money on their original content series? Their latest release, Marco Polo, is reported to have cost $90 million for 10 episodes. At $7.99 a subscriber you can do the math for payback and ROI. But wait. This isn’t the first show Netflix has made costing tens Read More …
We spent time this week in strategic planning discussions. One challenge is how to separate the vision for the future from the desire to get better at existing services. That is to separate the transformational changes from the incremental changes. Both are needed. The factor that sticks out to me Read More …
We plan with good intentions. Every year business teams go through planning and budgeting for the upcoming year. It’s a time consuming process. Middle and upper management work and rework presentations to present to executive management possibly board members. Budgets are submitted, then slashed, then reworked, and submitted again. Hours Read More …
My home is an equal opportunity technology zone. I use an Ubuntu Linux netbook. My wife uses a Chromebook. The kids have a Mac and an iPad. Then there is the older family PC that provides service for some school jobs and printing. It was using Windows XP until this Read More …