Insights and ideas

I thought this update on the status of female entrepreneurship was very interesting: Women-owned Firms Increase Nearly 20 Percent Women-owned firms increased nearly 20 percent over the latest period studied, according to a report released… Read more »

Have just read a great story about Gamal Aziz of the MGM Grand, who has adopted a set of principles that are very like the ones we recommend in “Discovery Diven Planning.” The idea: Pick… Read more »

I was recently asked by a reporter to comment on the dilemma of procrastination. Here are some thoughts: Why do people procrastinate? Among the common reasons I?ve observed: We have a human tendency to over-value… Read more »

Fortune (May 1, 2006)prints a report that should give everyone hungry for low-cost manufacturing in China pause. It seems that once you’ve trained the crew, handed over the blueprints and turned the crank on production,… Read more »

This is an interesting way to deal with workforce flexibility. Business Week (April 17, 2006 edition, p. 14) reports that McDonald’s in the UK is testing a program that allows employees from the same immediate… Read more »

Today’s Wall Street Journal tells a tragic tale of unanticipated consequences. It seems that many AIDS sufferers in South Africa are not taking their medicine in order to make themselves REALLY sick. Why do this?… Read more »

I’ve probably spent a solid 6 hours with Apple people on the phone, trying to figure out why my shiny new iPod with video and photos won’t sync properly. They told me it was my… Read more »

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 »