Insights and ideas

I was recently asked to comment on Internet selling of software: Internet sales of software has obvious advantages: it is vastly less expensive than shipping physical products; allows a company to develop direct relationships with… Read more »

I was recently asked about the emerging practice of replacing payment for services with watching ads. Here are some thoughts: The practice of trading ad-watching for bill payments has been tried before, without very good… Read more »

Last year, my good colleague Geoffrey Moore asked me to have a look at a book project he was working on, which I did. The book is now out and I think it is terrific…. Read more »

Am here in Japan with our good friend, Takeru Ohe, discussing the prospects for Japanese business. It seems although the stock market is up, savings rates are still very low. Change, however seems to be… Read more »

MarketBusters was part of the theme for many of Bill Gates’ conferences this year – “New Pathways to Growth”. Have a look at the rest of this web site, which contains and authors’ blog, downloadable… Read more »

MarketBusters was part of the theme for many of Bill Gates’ conferences this year – “New Pathways to Growth”. Have a look at the rest of this web site, which contains and authors’ blog, downloadable… Read more »

Joyce Wycoff http://thinksmart.typepad.com/headsup_on_organizational/ notes that the conversation on innovation has changed to make it more business as usual. We couldn’t agree more – and would add that we are in fact beginning to decode some… Read more »

In response to a reporter’s question about how to make more effective presentations, I offered the following perspective on cardinal sins. These form the basis of a short session I teach in at Columbia Executive… Read more »

I learned this from a participant in a Columbia Executive Education program (Creating Breakthrough Strategy. He runs a luxury hotel there (the Hotel Padma Bali). He told our group about a tradition in Bali that… Read more »

I ran across a posting actually recruiting candidates into a school’s Ph.D. program in Management. This is very bad news for the field – I remember when I first joined, there were about 5 jobs… Read more »

In a discovery that I made while researching how companies cascase communication, I ran across the following little snippet: In a recent survey of 1,103 employees 86% of employees reported that their bosses thought they… Read more »

So things are getting desperate in Japan. All those years of recession have resulted in deep cuts in the available workforce just as it’s roaring economy is expanding demand. So what are the second-order effects… Read more »