Nokia's Stephen Elop is getting some grief for his choice of Windows to fuel his company's new SmartPhones. (see Grief and disbelief greet Elop's Nokia revolution) Over at HP, CEO Apotheker is dumping Microsoft in favor of its own OS (Global CIO: HP Mobile Dump Of Microsoft Is Brilliant). These are two strategic visions heading into different futures. Nokia's future is … [Read more...] about HP Breaking the Redmond Dependency–A Tale of Two Strategies, Two Futures
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Where Next for Nokia and Microsoft?–Be the Best Windows Phone Partner or Be Irrelevant
So Nokia has decided to partner with Microsoft. The details may have changed, but my strategic advice to them remains the same. They need to analyze their strengths against the competitors and combine those with the strengths of the Microsoft platform in order to out innovate Apple and Google. They will not survive if they don't create the ultimate Windows phone. HTC and others … [Read more...] about Where Next for Nokia and Microsoft?–Be the Best Windows Phone Partner or Be Irrelevant
What We Won’t Learn from IBM’s Watson Playing Jeopardy!
The game show Jeopardy! will host an unusual array of contestants on Februrary 14-16, 2011. Two of the shows superstars, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, will be pitted against Watson, an artificial intelligence (AI) created by IBM engineers. Watson will not teach the world anything new about a generalized artificial intelligence. In the moment, as Watson answers questions, it … [Read more...] about What We Won’t Learn from IBM’s Watson Playing Jeopardy!
Management by Design: What’s in it for Your Organization? #MBDBK
I do a fair amount of marketing consulting, and we spend hours talking about value propositions. So I thought I would share the value proposition for Management by Design. And today is a good day to have this discussion, because the Conference Board just released their latest numbers on worker satisfaction (see I Can’t Get No...Job Satisfaction, That Is - Research Report … [Read more...] about Management by Design: What’s in it for Your Organization? #MBDBK
Why I Wrote Management by Design
I have never worked at a company that really thought about its workplace experience, nor one that encouraged it managers to do so. We praise design in everything else, but the places where we spend our days, we leave under designed. Management by Design was written to address this issue. It outlines a methodology that I created over a three year period. The methodology guides … [Read more...] about Why I Wrote Management by Design