Crypto ETFs

The story of the ETFs linked to cryptos started in 2013 with the first formal request. It was done by Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, proposed by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. They requested it 7 times starting in 2013: all rejected. The ones that have obtained the approval now have been: My initial thoughts My initial thoughts … Read more

Use cases: when a disruptor shows up

Background Technological disruption is something that happens from time to time. Right now all people is focused on Generative-AI and many people seem to be lost looking at what is going to happen. We don’t really know, accept the uncertainty and stop doing linear correlations with simplistic things as “Gen-AI is going to improve the … Read more

Richard Rumelt’s attractors and microwaves

Wardley Mapping contains the concept of “practice” and the climatic pattern of “co-evolution of practice”. But for forecasting purposes I always see it better with the concept of attractor created by Richard Rumelt. I have drawn an example, that I hope it’s clear. The microwave existed since the 40s, but they became popular in the … Read more

Philadelphia BarCamp 2023

This morning I arrived to the event at 8.00 am and I saw the dashboard was almost empty. I said myself, well I can talk about maps. So I added my talk to the dashboard. I added it on the second session as I wanted to have time to prepare something. I’m very grateful for … Read more

Generative AI, where to start?

The Generative AI’s hype is huge (bigger than the Virtual Reality hype happened in 2021). Everybody is talking about how wonderful that is coming, but when we look into our companies… where should I start? What is the situation the companies have internally to face this challenge? My suggestion, start drawing the situation AS-IS for … Read more

Gaming research

During these last 2 weeks I have been engaged in a research related to Gaming Industry, organized by Simon Wardley. It has been 12 hours of work with different people and I’m happily have been guiding the conversation with the people of the group that I found more interesting: Game Design and UX The final … Read more

Combination of OKRs and Wardley Maps

OKRs and Wardley maps can be combined and enable you to have benefits from both sides. Where can specifically this combination help? Using both together you can provide a comprehensive approach to strategic planning and execution, combining goal setting and progress tracking with a deep understanding of the business environment. Wardley Maps does not gives … Read more