Well, software commoditization is rolling. Andy Singleton has written a nice commentary in the IT Managers Journal … One aspect is open source alternatives, another point is that many of these pieces of software don’t deliver on what they promise … the conclusion is that the traditional enterprise software business is dying. That doesn’t mean […]
Stephen Wildstrom has an interesting article on innovation and its problems in Europe … notice this statement by Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL: “This continent is one of the most conservative places on the planet,” […] He notes that Europe has a long history of successful invention, but a weak history of turning those inventions […]
A commentary by Steve Rosenbush that caught my eye … pounding on an issue that has kept me busy as well: the lack of innovation, notably business model innovations by big tech players. Quite controversial, still many good thougths in there, note these gems: Tech’s Idle Billions […] The sector’s companies are minting money. Now […]
an interesting article on critical thinking and how to deal with decision problems (and faults/pathologies/…). Notice this nice summary: Make sure you understand the logic behind your decision. Identify your assumptions and double-check them. Collect the data that will support or disprove your assumptions. Deliberately consider the situation from multiple frames. Remember the people! Think […]
… observed by Rob Hof [M]ost folks developing products have their heads down, not craned over their shoulders in this interesting post by Yahoos Jeremy Zawodny who speaks out on the infamous ways of corporate innovation … even at large and cool Internet companies For the last five and a half years, I have had […]
Eine Studie von A.T.Kearney zur IT in Organisationen wird im Manager Magazin aufgegriffen … der Tenor ist dass IT-Abteilungen nur ihr Tagesgeschäft im Blick haben, nicht in die Unternehmensstrategie integriert sind und vor allem keine eigenen innovativen Ideen (oder Geschäftsmodelle auf Basis der IT) entwickeln. Sogar die befragten IT-Leiter sagen, dass die besten Ideen für […]
An interesting review of a management book … called “It’s Not What You Say… It’s What You Do” by Laurence Haughton …. some noted gems: Laurence begins the book with a startling statistic. Fifty percent of company initiatives fall through the cracks within two years. and Most managers have a tendency to leap to conclusions, […]
