Strategy

Tipping Point

It looks like we are near a tipping point for the social enterprise. According to a survey of more than 1300 executives and IT decision-makers, a full 49% have invested in social networking solutions in 2012. But for most of these forward-thinking companies, the journey is just beginning: just 19%... Read More »

Social Enterprise and Flow

My grandfather appears to have grown up in a village in southern India, attended university in what was then Madras, worked as “private secretary” to one of India’s richest men and biggest landowners, the Maharaja of Darbhanga, all on his way to founding a weekly magazine, called Indian Finance, in... Read More »

Carrot Beats Stick

WooHoo: You’ve just unlocked the URL of Blogville Badge! With Hostess becoming as bankrupt as the nutritional information in a Ding Dong and Kodak redefining the Kodak moment of another kind of bankruptcy, I immediately thought of my childhood. Thankfully those cheerful marketing images that blanketed the store shelves were... Read More »

Think Small

There comes a moment, not the aha moment, but the I wonder whether someone else had this idea in 2004 moment. I can't be sure, but here it is for what it's worth. I think Apple TV is going to go real small, not the other rumored way around. As... Read More »

Being the Bump on the Bell Curve

As we end the year, I hope I can claim to have pulled my weight on this blog during 2011, averaging slightly more than two posts per month (with my personal 'Top 6' favorites linked below). On the other hand, averages are a truly feeble statistic, because my most recent... Read More »

Predictions 2012: Deals, Squeals, & Reels

Here’s my list of prediction for the months ahead. There will be a proxy fight or some other credible challenge to Steve Ballmer’s leadership of Microsoft. The rumors that Gates will return will surface every few weeks despite his denials.The pain has gone on for too long for shareholders. Plucky... Read More »