Tag: leadership

The Evolution of Operating Models: From Projects to Platforms

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Enterprises have traditionally relied on project-based models, but modern business dynamics demand a shift to product and platform models for sustained value creation. While projects are essential for specific tasks, they often lead to loss of knowledge post-execution. Transitioning to products means continuous ownership and accountability, whereas platforms allow ecosystems to generate value. Leaders must consciously design these operating models to adapt to evolving challenges.

Revisiting First Principles for AI-Driven Product Management

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In an AI-driven era, revisiting the timeless foundations of product leadership is critical. First principles provide essential truths that guide effective decision-making amid rapid market changes. Product leaders must maximize mission impact and enable team success by fostering collaboration, using data-driven principles, and anchoring their strategies in enduring truths for sustainable outcomes.

Becoming Steve Jobs: Leadership Lessons

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The article by Marc Andreessen in Founders Tribune highlights Steve Jobs’ transformative impact on the technology sector, elevating product quality and customer experience. It contrasts past mediocrity with the current standards set by the iPhone. Key takeaways include prioritizing product excellence and adopting a demanding leadership style to reject mediocrity.

Innovation Through Constraints: The DeepSeek Strategy

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In the world of technology, scarcity is often seen as a barrier. But for those who embrace it, scarcity can become a catalyst for creativity, efficiency, and breakthrough innovation. This is the story of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup that has not only overcome the constraints imposed by U.S. trade restrictions but has also emerged as a global leader in AI development. Their journey offers a masterclass in thriving under scarcity – a lesson that resonates far beyond the tech industry.

Lessons – shifting from startup to enterprise scale

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Transformation is essential for scale-up businesses shifting from startup mode to enterprise scale. This phase of growth is full of opportunities and challenges, but businesses that succeed in this journey show that transformation goes beyond adding new processes or tools—it’s about aligning people, priorities, and leadership for sustainable change. Drawing from companies that have successfully … Continue reading Lessons – shifting from startup to enterprise scale

Product-Led Business Transformation: Eleven Guiding Principles

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Successful organizational transformation relies on leadership support, patience, and an understanding of unique cultures. Continuous improvement and pragmatic trade-offs are essential, alongside effective communication and celebration of small wins. Prioritization of impactful initiatives is vital, and reflective practices help track progress. Transformation is an ongoing journey that requires adaptability. 1. Leadership support is key ‍The … Continue reading Product-Led Business Transformation: Eleven Guiding Principles

Economies of Speed

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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

Weekend Reads: 3 Tips, Circles of Innovation & Digital Nations

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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

Weekend Reads: Empowerment, OKRs and Signal vs Noise

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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

Weekend Reads: The 3Ds and enduring shifts in behaviours.

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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.