IBM Watson Logo from IBM Well, Watson beat (NPR) human its human competitors on Jeopardy, but I think the challenge Ken Jennings gave to IBM today sums up the one-trick pony aspect of Watson: Let put it on Dancing with the Stars to see what it can really do. Watson could not see nor hear, and it could not write, let alone dance. Watson was trained, in this instance, … [Read more...] about Watson and Jeopardy and Why I’m Only Marginally Impressed
Strategy
Economic Balance Can’t Come from Sovereign State Policy Makers
Today's strategy+business article, A Continuous Quest for Economic Balance, discusses what countries must do to balance their economies. It starts, in its first sentence, revealing a bias by focusing on "what cracks the storm [the economic crisis] revealed in the foundations of national economies." I think there is a larger crack that appeared during the financial crisis, … [Read more...] about Economic Balance Can’t Come from Sovereign State Policy Makers
What’s the Issue with Apple Magazine Subscriptions
As a consumer, I see nothing wrong with subscriptions coming through the Apple App Store, as was announced today (Apple Launches Subscriptions on the App Store). At least from the business model standpoint as we transition from paper to digital formats. Obtaining traditional magazines in digital format, however, is not the future of content. In the long run, content needs to … [Read more...] about What’s the Issue with Apple Magazine Subscriptions
Where Next for Nokia and Microsoft?–Be the Best Windows Phone Partner or Be Irrelevant
So Nokia has decided to partner with Microsoft. The details may have changed, but my strategic advice to them remains the same. They need to analyze their strengths against the competitors and combine those with the strengths of the Microsoft platform in order to out innovate Apple and Google. They will not survive if they don't create the ultimate Windows phone. HTC and others … [Read more...] about Where Next for Nokia and Microsoft?–Be the Best Windows Phone Partner or Be Irrelevant
Strategy: What Nokia Needs to Do To Survive
Cover photo by Zaidan Falaah on Pexels.com Stephen Elop's leaked Nokia strategy memo (full text here at the WSJ TechEurope blog) has caused a bit of a stir. At the center of the memo is uncertainty. The message he gives is that people need to embrace uncertainty like the man in his allegorical burning platform, jump into icy waters and be transformed. The emotion of the … [Read more...] about Strategy: What Nokia Needs to Do To Survive
