Publishers have a love/hate relationship with large digital platforms such as Google, Twitter and Facebook. While publishers love that these platforms provide audience and traffic, they also hate that the platforms reap financial rewards against content they haven’t...
Last week I wrote about using the Three Horizon model and one of the key traits of a leader is to look forward and work back. The future is uncertain so how do you do this? I have referenced this book a few times How Google Works. The approach Google takes is to look...
In David Yoffie’s new Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs he and co-author, Michael Cusumano have reviewed Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs, strategy and leadership decisions and have identified five key lessons to...
One question that I have been asked a few times his how long does it take before the innovation or a new business initiative starts to deliver substantial revenue. Or the variant of this question how big can the new initiative grow to in the short term, and the...
Getting to a yes is just the beginning of the process not the end. I have seen this play out over and over in a business. There is a massive amount of effort by a large cross functional team to present a business case to the board. They get a yes from the board and...
