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Two in a box model is an Anglo Saxon model that works well with Anglo Saxon people. They understand the grey area and they handle the positive tensions in the right way. Depending of the situation and the need of the organization each part of the box makes decisions and the things run with “back … Read more
This strategy comes from the military concept beachhead. So business and marketing, have used this metaphor from military strategy to adopt the same approach in their context. The basic steps of this gameplay is: This strategy is particularly popular with startups and new product launches, where there are limited resources and they are trying to … Read more
So many companies are moving from their current environments to the new ecosystems available in the market. This drives the organizations to perform a rationalization of their portfolios. This is no-brainer, but the first step is to understand your current portfolio of assets and what are your business priorities for the future. Once done, next … Read more
Gartner is advertising “bi-modal”; a “new” way to drive operations and new activities of a corporation. I was reading the idea and the concepts around it and I found it “old” idea, with some propositions that are so nice to have, and that they can be defended on the paper, but that in the reality … Read more
What does “Digital” mean for you? I have asked this question several times and it’s a good way to put the listener of the question in an embarrassing situation almost all the times. That question was also done to me a couple of times and apparently I almost did well. I found this Point of … Read more
So many USA companies follow a common pattern when they want to start to compete in Europe: they basically do it starting their moves in Ireland. The main reasons are : English, as common language so they can communicate well each other and start with UK as main market target. In the main cities there … Read more
Scenario planning of a company, product, solution or organization is a tough work. You have to understand the landscape, competitors, your capabilities, inertia, common patterns, weak signals, anticipation & game-play. I face the situation on solutions (which is less complex) and an start-up company and the concentration to do it well is enormous. To gather … Read more
This is a nice article that talks about some myths about digital transformation. I like the comments related to: Maturity of your organization: not all organizations can start from the same start line, the level of current maturity is important to understand how drive it. Talent challenge: as in the 90’s the companies wanted their … Read more
Traditional banks have so many challenges with their conversion to the digital world. Same thing is happening with the newspapers and other industries. With the banks the bottom-line is that they come from a very regulated market with big barriers for the penetration of new competitors. They have an ecosystem who has been changing so … Read more
I need to remind this article which contains so much valuable details about how to discover the situation of a corporation through mapping the different areas of the company. The phases are simple: Day 1 – Let us be Honest Day 2 to Day 20 – Map it! Day 21 to Day 40 – Analyse … Read more