I was recently asked by a reporter to comment on the pros and cons of municipal Wi-Fi networks (which could also extend to Wi-Fi networks based in libraries and public schools, not to mention your… Read more »
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Dubai’s winning strategy
I’m just back from a most amazing visit to Dubai, where I learned a thing or two about how strategic a government can be. Dubai’s leaders have figured out how to make the place attractive… Read more »
Dubai’s winning strategy
I’m just back from a most amazing visit to Dubai, where I learned a thing or two about how strategic a government can be. Dubai’s leaders have figured out how to make the place attractive… Read more »
Alienware computers – the saga continues
Well, the computers arrived this past week. They got here when I was in Finland, so by the time I got home there was a smoking mound of packaging occupying the entire dining room, and… Read more »
Alienware computers - the saga continues
Well, the computers arrived this past week. They got here when I was in Finland, so by the time I got home there was a smoking mound of packaging occupying the entire dining room, and… Read more »
Dysfunctional Competition at WorldCom
A fascinating article in Fortune (August 8 2005, p. 32) details the mass destruction of the telecommunications industry perpetrated by the fraud at WorldCom (now MCI). During its heyday it’s (illegally) efficient cost structure drove… Read more »
Fixing budget gaming
A most interesting article in the Harvard Management Update (Lauren Keller Johnson – Stamp Out Budget Shenanigans, Harvard Management Update August 2005) outlines some good practices to help address common games people play at budget… Read more »
Don’t call us 2.0 - dumb ad category
So along the ‘don’t call us’ theme, here is an example of a waste of money. The ad appears in the August 2005 issue of Inc, on what would be page 39. “Don’t Call Us.”… Read more »
Don’t call us 2.0 – dumb ad category
So along the ‘don’t call us’ theme, here is an example of a waste of money. The ad appears in the August 2005 issue of Inc, on what would be page 39. “Don’t Call Us.”… Read more »
Don’t call us 1.0
Is it a coincidence that in a recent edition of INC magazine that within a few pages the phrase “don’t call us” came up over and over?
Don’t call us 1.0
Is it a coincidence that in a recent edition of INC magazine that within a few pages the phrase “don’t call us” came up over and over?
Tech grows up?
If our colleague Geoffrey Moore is to be believed (and who wouldn’t believe him, given how many times he’s been right), life cycle determines destiny. I keep seeing signals that Silicon Valley and tech in… Read more »