IoT Field Notes: Solving Interesting Tech Challenges
Another practical story of tech discovery, as we labor to solve the Communication problem for one of a class of devices / products.
IoT Field Notes: The Cloud is a Fog Right Now
Tech folks in your organization may be overcomplicating and/or underestimating some of the aspects of "the Cloud". This enabling technology has some fairly important new features and capabilities that you need to understand more fully.
IoT Field Notes: How do People Start?
Product teams that are exploring the possibility of smart, connected products fall into one of five different groups; this article will help you understand how to take the next step with each.
IoT Field Notes: Introducing Something New
Why aren't we moving faster? This story of a quick, simple back-of-envelope calculation that showed the large potential of a new product idea really got the team to think.
The Next Next Big Thing: AI Will Transform Your Business
The next big-impact advance in Information Technology will be Artificial Intelligence. In this article we lay out the simple case and detail the impact it will have on your business.
Thinking Big with the Internet of Things
I was sent a link to this video from a friend at Gartner, after our conversations last month at Symposium. It's a great topic - the Internet of Things on Formula 1 race cars - sexy stuff, and van Manen's statistics really boggle the mind. Check it out - there are a number of specific things to listen for ... [ted id=1802] Just a few thoughts ... The idea of continuous improvement is heavily baked in to the motor racing…
The Contrarian Truth driving Digital Business
A core truth about "digital business": we will only really succeed by understanding how to connect with people.
First Month with the Surface Pro 3
I haven't written one of these hands-on hardware / software evaluation posts for some time - it's not that kind of blog, really - but I've been asked a lot of questions about my Surface Pro 3, and this is an easy way to let many folks know the answers. Also - I am making some interesting discoveries with the new device - some you might not think about at first. Am I surprised by some of these issues? Yes…
Empathy Skills for the Transformational Leader
A real-life journey of self-discovery that gave me insight to the impact of transformational change to the organization. Get out of your comfort zone once in a while, to have meaningful empathy with the team you are trying to change.
A Framework for Starting the Internet of Things Conversation
Accelerate your IoT exploration with this simple framework for explaining the building blocks of IoT solutions; target the areas that present the biggest unknowns.