IoT Field Notes: Listening to the Voice of the Customer
Introducing new ways of thinking about Digital Products; true stories "from the field" of building Proof of Concept systems to get the Voice of the Customer.
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.
One for Practice: De-risking your Large Initiative
This article describes a powerful risk reduction tactic for large, complex projects - illustrated with a practical example of success.
The Digital Project Budget: A Simple Way to Express Digital Costs
A simple but comprehensive method for defining your budget - gives a complete picture of all the costs, reduces risk by minimizing the unknown, and makes it easier to compare alternatives.
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.
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.