Just a place to write
Gemba Japanese term means “the real place”, in business “the place where value is created”. To solve a problem, you have to go to the “Gemba” or to the workplace, the machine, the plant, … the place where the root cause of a problem is happening. The combination of Kaizen & Gemba are clear: continuous … Read more
I have seen this challenging sentence, and the arguments used to reach this conclusion are very basic and naive: the complexity of the current IT architecture is so high and the purpose of IT is just to keep the IT processes up and running. I believe that this is a good goal that traditional banks … Read more
I need to remind this post of Simon Wardley’s blog which contains a great explanation of how to define a strategy, how to assess it. “Situational awareness: the strategy always starts from WHERE, then you can clearly articulate WHY you are making a specific choice.” “Using visual representation (the board, the map) to articulate encounters … Read more
Wine box done during a rainy Saturday morning. The next “do it yourself” will be based on this fantastic project: www.opendesk.cc
This is the situation we are living during last couple of years: You go to Linkedin and you will find the traditional Marketing companies hiring a good bunch of UX specialists, developers, mobile architects, sdlc project managers… IT companies are acquiring marketing agencies, and adding new practice to their consulting portfolio. Big corporations are defining … Read more
I found this series of 3 videos in Strategy& (just 16 minutes) Part 1: Why strategy matters, Part 2: Take your strategy from paper to pavement, Part 3: Transform your company and your industry. This launched me to look for Capabilities-Driven Strategy: It’s June, I finished the book, I liked the examples and the differentiation … Read more
I continue making changes in the way I work, this time a change in the office for improve the ergonomic aspects of my day to day. Before start, to find the right size for a 192 cm person was not easy at all. The second hurdle was to blow-up with the right pressure so the … Read more
There are differences when looking for a job in USA and in EMEA. These are the ones I found by myself. Applying to a vacancy: Europe: no personal questions. USA: ask for gender, race, disabilities and if you are a veteran. Relationship, recommendations Europe: good, not mandatory. USA: it’s key you have a recommendation inside … Read more
This article is large, it takes more than 10 minutes to be read in detail but it gives a very good perspective about the software companies over 1B$, the perspective of VC, consumer and enterprise oriented companies, how they are formed and some other data that provides a good perspective of the market. http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/02/welcome-to-the-unicorn-club/ Who … Read more
It’s not 100% done but we almost finished the main work of the whole thing. This is the result: