Staying at a Disney Hotel, I realize I forgot my underwear. I was told Prime Now delivers a full range of products from both the Whole Foods and Amazon catalog in under 2 hours. 4 clicks later a delivery is scheduled, I go on with my day. 6 years ago ...
Still dark, driving to the airport in the early dawn on winding mountain roads, old habits kick in. I grew up in the rural upper Appalachians, the endless mountains. I was taught when driving in the dark, on winding sometimes gravel roads a technique ...
Last week I was in a meeting where I really felt things were getting done. What was different? I realized that meetings seem to fall into three categories: Status’ seem to be the most painful and frequent. I think others suffer similarly because mos...
We talk about surviving failure, What about success? Imagine, the MVP your team birthed, is successful. Your company moves to scale, shifts your product to another team, another leader, all with formal corporate support. The path your team carve...
As a constructive disruptor, I break rules, and patterns. But over and over I have encountered patterns that just can’t seem to be broken. This got me thinking about ‘rules’ vs ‘laws’. I define a law as something immutable, an unchangeable fact. The l...
Yelled by a trader in a wall street trading pit? Nope.. this was said by a Tech leader looking over his systems portfolio. Back in 2014 Bob Dvorak introduced me to this approach, which he called KillerIT. http://bit.ly/2SDdgOx This approach is a gre...
As I reflect on my New Years resolutions, there are things I wish were on my younger me’s list, if so would have resulted in a more (accelerated) fulfilling life. 20 yr old me's goals were surviving, and building a future safety net. Education prepare...
Eat your own Dog food? How about "Drink your own Champagne" A friends post (http://bit.ly/2zZbVaj) this morning made me think about a phrase we in the tech industry have used since the 90's. "Eat your own dog food" Rumored to come from a '70s commerc...
I always thought the McKinsey 7-S’ missed one ‘S’ Space The 1982 book by Tom Peters, and Robert Waterman, In search of Excellence; The 7-S framework is still an important tool to understand interrelationships, of an organization. Especially helpful wh...
I asked "Who did this deck?" She said "I did". This was a strategy deck that spoke of organizational transformation, digital enablement, customer centric design thinking, active innovation, iterative MVPs etc. A normal story told by Valley innovato...