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What are you going to do when Amazon runs wild on you
Over the past few months I have been talking to a few Retailers about Amazon setting up across the ditch by end of the year and there have been two general reactions: 1) Oh sh$t or 2) Oh they aren’t interested in NZ, there are many barriers to get here, we are different, we have time etc
So what would you do?
Last week we looked at the top insights from this years Mary Meeker Internet trend reports (full deck). One of these was the dramatic transformation of the media landscape, and the rise and rise of Netflix which is now the fifth biggest ‘TV’ network in the US (based...
Our top 10 takeaways from Mary Meeker’s Internet Report because we know everyone loves a good list
It’s that time of year again where the KPCB Internet trends report is released. More commonly referred to as Mary Meeker’s report it is now in its 22nd year and serves as an annual report of the tech companies, start up’s and everyone in between, outlining what the...
Boiling the frog of achieving culture in an incumbent world
I know you thought we’d left it all behind with Rod’s last blog on robots, but here are some final observations prompted by Amazon’s annual shareholder letter. With all the recent discussion around the insights from Jeff Bezos and the Amazon shareholder letter,...
The robots are coming to take our jobs
Originally published in The Spinoff The robots are coming to take our jobs – so what should we be doing for work (and our workers) when they arrive? Rod Snodgrass, director of The Exponential Agency, says it’s time for New Zealand business to start preparing for the...
The McMasters of Bundling
A bit of a family tradition at the end of the holidays is I allow the girls to choose an activity topped off with a meal at a restaurant of their choice. This is how this week played out: Me: Right girls, what do you want to do today – your choice: pools, beach, bike...
The need for speed
self disruption is painful, brave and bloody near impossible if you don’t allow the people you hire to safely find their own way.
You’d be on fire if you could only fix these five things
Using the principles of the Five Dysfunctions of a Team to embed Amazon’s Disagree and Commit leadership style
When being right is wrong
Disagree and Commit: Keeping your mouth shut when you disagree isn’t being a good soldier. But disagreeing, losing the fight, and committing to help the winning plan succeed,
Nothing is worse than stasis, Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death.
Burn this phrase into your memory: Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death.