IoT Field Notes: How to Identify Customer Value
A practical method for zeroing in on where value is created by digital products and services; it depends a lot on the Value Chain (how products eventually get to the End Customer). (Updated)
San Francisco – Speaking and Working
A working trip to San Francisco - I was asked to speak at the Argyle 2018 Leadership in Digital Marketing Forum, doing my deck on the Five Components of a…
IoT Field Notes: How to Identify Customer Value (Original)
A practical method for zeroing in on where value is created by digital products and services; it depends a lot on the Value Chain (how products eventually get to the End Customer).
New Way of Working Part 1 – and an Interesting New Direction
Sure, I've been mobile for some time, but it's late spring in Chicago, and after such a hard winter, I am trying to take better advantage of the balmy weather…
How to be Taken Seriously as a Business Partner
Part of my job consists of working with General Managers & Managing Directors, talking about process and technology projects, and how we might leverage internal and external resources. I am…
Marketing and IT Get Together: The Elephants in the Room
Marketing and IT may have strong opinions about each other - but there is value in understanding each other's point of view. Here are a number of hard truths that Marketing and IT have to realize and come together on.
How Gen AI Transforms the Data Value Chain
An update to the original Seven Links in the Data Value Chain. Gen AI is a resource for acceleration and automation, augmenting the skills and work of smart people who are creative, curious, and willing to experiment with new tools as technology advances.
Fostering Strategic Thinking in a Tactical World: A New Manager’s Guide
Notes from a coffee-talk coaching discussion; leadership approaches for encouraging strategic thinking in your team.
Navigating the Paradox of Corporate Innovation
An exploration of the paradox of corporate innovation environments, discussing how organizations need to break through cynicism, embrace change and encourage innovative thinking for both bottom-line efficiency and top-line growth.
Unleashing Corporate Innovation: Identifying the Constraints
Corporate innovation struggles, and not from a lack of ideas or capital. More often, the constraints are time and attention.