Notes on pricing with confidence
This article and the different notes are very worthy when setting pricing: https://jonathanstark.com/notes-on-pricing-with-confidence
The dead horse theory
I have found this old cartoon that made me laugh, it’s applicable to so many situations in life.
The end of reductionist management era
The Principles of Scientific Management In 1898, Frederick Winslow Taylor joined a steel factory in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania, US) which had a capacity problem. He did not limit his work to get the problem solved, but extended his work beyond. He performed different empirical tests on cutting speeds, being able to quadruple the speed of steel … Read more
AWS LightSail notes
This post is a set of notes when doing the installation of a container in AWS LightSail. Tutorials Tutorial for launching and configuring WordPress: https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-tutorial-launching-and-configuring-wordpress Configuration of key aspects = https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/hands-on/configuring-wp-instance-with-cdn/?trk=gs_card WordPress Packaged By Bitnami For AWS Cloud: https://docs.bitnami.com/aws/apps/wordpress/ Notes Port 22 is the default port for SSH connections. MariaDB Bitnami commands Edit wp-config.php = … Read more
Year 5, Q2 Wardley Maps + books
During year 5 – Q1 I have focused on Wardley Maps, and the completion of so many activities for the PMP renewal. This quarter by personal reasons I have to deaccelerate the workload of activities. So it will be a soft learning quarter on the schedule. The plan So the V2MOM for this quarter will be: Vision: Work on … Read more
Twitter as public and private company
An agreement to acquire Twitter has been reached, and there are so many comments about the final purpose Elon Musk has about this acquisition. I would try to draw a map with the main business model characteristics related to Twitter as public company and now as private company. The model drawn is very basic, and … Read more
Business assurance, components
This post is an exercise to map some of the main components of the assurance side of a company. The maps are out of context but it would apply to major business companies. The main map When we talk about quality assurance, internal audits, cybersecurity, regulations, and we forget about the purpose, the users and … Read more
Competitive services teams: they are brilliant people
Reasons to write about this Services are a key part of businesses, they cover a set of user needs but they are so much times managed as the last unit of the corporation. The communications and approaches we have with respect these areas are important, to keep them motivated and focused on their goals is … Read more
Desired components flow in a Wardley Map
This is a theoretical exercise out of context that helps me to explain the evolution of components into a map. It contain a lot of capital flow management decisions, which means that you have to have a clear definition about what is the expected balance between capital expenditure Vs. added value provided. It’s an ideal … Read more
The Victory Machine
This book is good, not great, but good. It started being impressive with the story about the origins of the dynasty and with a fluent narrative that keep you engaged in the book. Then you start with the chapter “Kevin and me” and the book changes completely. It’s like a different author driving the phrases. … Read more