When the cloud is happily, well, clouding along, delivering services, receiving requests and serving up data, everybody is happy. But companies who rely on the cloud for business have made a strategic choice to put their economic and business viability firmly in the hands of technology, and the arbiters of technology, the cloud service providers. Although cloud services offer … [Read more...] about Going to the Cloud Does Create Risk, Is Uncertain
A Must Listen: Teach For America Founder Wendy Kopp on Seattle’s KUOW
KUOW's Steve Scher interviewed Wendy Kopp and took some very challenging questions. I encourage you to listen to the show via the web or download it to your device of choice. Wendy discusses the history and future of Teach for America as well as the need for structural reforms in US education. You can find the show here: http://kuow.org/program.php?id=23156 … [Read more...] about A Must Listen: Teach For America Founder Wendy Kopp on Seattle’s KUOW
Time for Congress to Step Up and Address Tax Reform as a Valid Strategy
Fiscal restraint in the US will not be enough to reduce the growing deficit (although, as with all things about the future, emergent influences may we exacerbate or ameliorate the deficit in unforeseen ways). However, on a practical note, revenue is one part of the dual pronged attack on deficits, the other, is reduced spending. Perhaps the most important information in this … [Read more...] about Time for Congress to Step Up and Address Tax Reform as a Valid Strategy
5 Strategies for Entering Emerging Technology Markets
Entering Emerging Technology Markets: After reading RIM PlayBook reviews (good summary by InformationWeek) when it was announced, and I think there are lessons to be learned that go well beyond the tablet market. Here are 5 strategies technology companies need to consider when entering an emerging market. 5 Strategies for Entering Emerging Technology Markets Features Is … [Read more...] about 5 Strategies for Entering Emerging Technology Markets
Why SWOT Isn’t As Good without Scenarios
I grew up reading George Steiner on strategic planning. George didn't write or teach about SWOT, he wrote about WOTS-UP, which I think was a more colloquial and accessible way to state: weaknesses, opportunities, threats and strengths. And he used it long before Budweiser and their famous What's Up campaign. Regardless of the phrase we use, this approach to analysis has … [Read more...] about Why SWOT Isn’t As Good without Scenarios