Consulting 101, getting paid to give advice
The top 10 lessons in getting paid to give advice, by Mike Julian.
SearchGPT, trying to crack main google’s moat
OpenAI has launched SearchGPT in restricted mode SearchGPT, and in some months is expected to be opened for more users. The main focus for OpenAI has been on “find an answer”, where they have been projecting all their efforts. But this seems not to be enough, they need to jump into “search answers” where Google … Read more
NBA monetization for Independent broadcasters
In the NBA there are many people trying to monetize this entertainment called NBA. The NBA is a private organization that is built at scale and it continues growing in terms of maturity and popularity; and continues being an innovator in terms of adoption of technologies and new operation models. In this post I would … Read more
AI-Generated broadcast for NBA
During 2023-24 season the pregame was streamed by AI generated voices. This season 2024-25 you have this option available for the games.
Impact of new generation of AI on monetization models
The article “Noisy features” made me think about the money spent in features that are not worthy, adding fat to a product that works well. The waste in terms of “too much functionality”. There are 2 types of companies: Soon, clients will adjust to get better efficiency of the use of the services they consume … Read more
Noisy features
There are companies which evolve through an unique product and they focus on that product a lot. This focus is positive, but there is a moment where all that success provokes an inertia where you are not able to diversify and overexploit the product. Some solutions try to increase their value and/or monetize more, breaking … Read more
Dave Snowden’s 7 principles of acts of knowing, and how we build resilient knowledge ecosystems.
This video: Seven Principles of Knowledge Knowledge as Time Optimizer In other session, Dave added these two:
NBA TV contract 2025 – 2036
A couple of years ago I wrote about NBA League Pass here. Some months ago it was announced the new group of companies that are going to take over the rights to broadcast the NBA during the next 11 years. The territory is changing dramatically. I have done a summary table to try to understand … Read more
Scenario: Software App with difficulties
This is an scenario I would like to discuss with you, It’s related to an application that is deployed in different major corporate clients. It’s in a situation where some type of investment is required to try to unlock some of the existing problems it has. Situation AS-IS There are 2 objectives: Constraints: The initial … Read more
New York Knicks, Building a contender for the 2024 – 2025
In February of 2022, I was experimenting with the NBA Wardley Maps, and I wrote about various concepts I was experimenting while reviewing their team (organization, culture, team…). All can be found here: https://joapen.com/blog/2022/02/01/new-york-knicks-building-to-play-off-2021-2022/ New York Knicks 24-25 This past season they reached the conference semifinals with three key players injured but without a scratch … Read more