My Take on Strategy
Mitigating one of the deficiencies of a blog - no moderated overview is provided on subjects spanning several posts - the concept of a "Summary Post" is introduced. I will [...]
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03, 2013
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03, 2013
Internet is changing the Nature of Man
In an earlier post I stated that we are changing due to the effects of placing our memory outside of our brains (aka “exomemory”) and suggested that is even taking [...]
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03, 2013
Robots of all lands, unite!
Increasingly software is taking care of all kinds of decision making for persons and companies alike. At the same time we see the advent of the personal robot. Machines that [...]
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03, 2013
Forgive me, for I have sinned against my own convictions….
One of the recurring topics at Red Planet Dust is about my views on "strategy". I have summarised my growing list of posts on the subject here. I was determined [...]
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03, 2013
Dropbox acquiring Mailbox could signal serious development in tech
For those who use Dropbox it is synonymous with seamless file synching and sharing over multiple devices. Mailbox is a very recently launched email-client - Gmail centric for the time [...]
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03, 2013
Strategy is all about “HOW” and hardly at all about “WHAT “
Often I hear business managers solely talk about the "WHAT"-part of their envisioned strategy, the easy part. "Team we have a new strategy! We want to set up a base-camp [...]
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03, 2013
Not B2C vs B2B, but “structured” vs “not structured” relationships
To describe the type of market(s) a company is operating in it is very common to use the B2B or B2C distinction. But is this distinction the right one to [...]
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03, 2013
For marketplaces liquidity is key
Often the economic contribution from marketplaces and wholesalers (as a subcategory of marketplaces who act as middleman taking control and often even ownership of the products: e.g. eBay is a [...]
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03, 2013
Strategy is about keeping your eyes open, not ceding to the fashion of the day.
In an earlier post I indicated to have been following the "clash of the tech-titans" for some time now. I do this with a mixture of personal interest - I [...]
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03, 2013
Payment Account Access Services possible stronghold for banks?
The payments landscape is characterised by profound fragmentation, getting worse everyday. In payments, especially in Europe, regulators and banks have successfully tried to prevent fragmentation for decades. But the spirit [...]
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03, 2013
Not much data is needed to get profiled accurately
As Sharon Jayson of USA Today reports University of Cambridge researchers predicted race, age, IQ, sexuality, personality, substance use and political views using Likes alone using a dataset of more [...]
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03, 2013
Systemic Vulnerability due to software based decision making
One of the developing themes on Red Planet Dust is the way our personal and company decision-making is being influenced and even replaced by software. We are getting more dependent [...]
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03, 2013
The machine is taking over, humans are lending them a hand
Yesterday I indicated that at some point in the nearby future business decisions will not only be helped by software programs but that the role of humans will change by [...]
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03, 2013
What Google Graph will be to people, big data will be to companies
IBM CEO Rometty says that "Big Data Are the Next Great Natural Resource": “With this emergence of big data and social mobility, you will in fact see the death of [...]
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03, 2013
Conventional wisdom does not seem to apply to Apple
A number of contemporary technological and economic trends culminate in the fierce battle between Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung and a few other of these tech giants. I have been following [...]
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03, 2013
Man has trouble to observe long-term changes
The article America's Real Criminal Element: Lead by Mother Jones is highly recommended. There is an explanation for the development of crime from an unexpected angle. (Read!) What I find [...]
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03, 2013
Strategy is not about placing a point at the horizon
[Translation] Regularly I attend meetings where somebody suggests to describe how the world will look like in about 5 to 10 years. This is seen as an important step in [...]
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03, 2013
Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" (Einstein) “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler” (Einstein) This is my favourite Einstein quote, [...]
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02, 2013
Strategy is about making choices today having effects the day after tomorrow
[Translation 16-05-13] "Strategy" is to understand the coherence of things to such an extend that a company can make the right choices on precisely those decisions that will have effects [...]