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1. Leadership support is key The success of any transformation is intrinsically linked to the level of support and trust you’ll get from the organisation’s leadership. The product team might be at the centre of the transformation, but it will inevitably have an impact on every single department. As in the example of a train … Continue reading 11 principles for product-based business ‘transformation’
One of the elements which is ground-breaking in relation to OpenAI and #Microsoft working together is that the vision is to deliver ‘foundational AI’ capability as a platform for others to commercialise, productise and also industrialise. In my mind, this is the key element here. This is taking a small team, iterative science and innovation, scaling this and through … Continue reading Platform approach to AI
Here is one of the best; and simplest; articulations of the levers and elements which drive the core of business transformation and how the keystone for traditional businesses looking to reimagine themselves for the digital/cognitive world can be the move to cloud. 38 minutes which will leave you with a series of elements to focus … Continue reading Economies of Speed
Great to have a new ‘meta’ on the interwebnets with the new platform business behind Facebook, Oculus, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. So hello to meta from can do meta. This meta experience has been online since 2007/2008 and is an evolution of my old agenda365.com blog, but Zuckerberg and the team are truly looking ‘beyond’ … Continue reading Welcome to a new meta
Some weekend reads for those in the world of digital, technology, innovation, organisational transformation and beyond. Some things are just difficult to get moving. Trying to change the direction of an organisation that has been operating the same way for decades is a bit like attempting to move an aircraft carrier with a jetski. This … Continue reading Weekend Reads: Lessons in Corporate Innovation & Product Mindset
Some weekend reads for those in the world of digital, technology, organisational transformation and beyond. Having worked with 1000s of entrepreneurs, start-ups and scale-ups during my career at AOL, Yahoo!, News Corp and IAG (Insurance Australia Group), it was interesting this week to synthesis my experiences over these years into 3 tips for those just … Continue reading Weekend Reads: 3 Tips, Circles of Innovation & Digital Nations
Some weekend reads for those in the world of digital, technology, organisational transformation and beyond. One the key challenges for senior leaders within business transformations is how to truly drive decision-making and accountability down to a team level, whilst also providing ongoing context and strategic direction. This empowerment is critical to agility, adaptability, talent retention, … Continue reading Weekend Reads: Empowerment, OKRs and Signal vs Noise
Some weekend reads for those in the world of digital, technology, organisational transformation and beyond. It is rare that Benedict Evans comments on the world of corporate technology and transformation, but this piece on the decades of change within businesses and how the 3 Ds (Digitization, Digitalization and Digital Transformation) are creating a new landscape to unleash … Continue reading Weekend Reads: The 3Ds and enduring shifts in behaviours.
As every person who has trekked, run, cycled, climbed, or journeyed through foothills, ridges, and mountain ranges, it is the slopes that really test your training, planning, and resilience, plus also may mean you have to change course. This is the same in business transformation, so provides a good analogy for the 5–7 year for … Continue reading It’s the slopes that you need to focus on
Some thoughts on when it comes to reimagining an organisation for a platform world, there are a number of strategic imperatives which drive capturing more value for the customer and business than the sum of the parts. There are 3 key steps, in my mind, that need to be on the path to the businesses … Continue reading Steps on the path to becoming a platform business
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