So, Apple had their newest big roll out yesterday. (Watch the WWDC keynote here). I am an Apple fan, but really only barely use my Apple devices (I have three; iMac, iPad, iPhone) to their capabilities. But I loaded the Macrumors live blog of the event, glanced at it frequently, and followed along. (And I… Read More Innovation + Communication – 2 Obvious Lessons From Apple’s Latest Big Event
As in ancient times, talent has become the coin of the realm. Companies that multiply their human talents will prosper. Companies that don’t will struggle. Talented People are scarce. Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, Beth Axelrod: The War for Talent ————— So, here’s the problem. People want to work with, and for, a winner. People do… Read More Losing the War of Talent, a Telling Leading Indicator – The Challenge for RIM (BlackBerry)
{This is prompted by a terrific article, with many images that add insight, in the New York Times about Apple: How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work by Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher. Both Tyler Cowen and Paul Krugman have praised this article. Cowen says it deserves one of the Sidney Awards from David Books: … Read More Three Crucial Roles that Can Create Business Success (A Case Study about Apple from the NY Times)
An increasing number of consumers now download and read books on electronic devices, such as the popular Kindle by Amazon, the Nook from Barnes and Noble, or the iPad from Apple. As you survey my blog posts, I have long been an opponent of these devices. I have previously argued why traditional books should be… Read More The Show-Stopper for the Kindle, Nook, and iPad
Constant innovation. That is the unending mantra. Constant innovation. Quick – which two modern companies jump to mind when you hear that phrase? Apple & Facebook. They both ooze constant innovation. And they are both run by people who are incredibly powerful/influential within their companies. What they want, they get! If Steve Jobs wants something… Read More Constant Innovation – Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and the Path to Dominance
I’m a big fan of The Wisdom of Crowds, of Wikinomics, and Macrowikinomics. I have read all three of these books (and presented synopses of them at the First Friday Book Synopsis), and lots of articles about related practices. I am also a non-techie (a Luddite, or, if you prefer, an idiot). I understand nothing… Read More Maybe Some “Dictators” Are Wiser Than The Crowd – On The Limitations Of Open Source (Think Apple)
Here are the last two lines from Farhad Manjoo’s article Why I Won’t Stop Writing About Apple and Google: They’re innovative, they’re fascinating, and they’re polarizing: Nobody knows what the world will look like in 2015. But given their recent track records, my best guess is that Apple and Google are inventing it now. Manjoo… Read More Constant Innovation – It’s Not Good to be Behind
News item: Microsoft will not be building their “it was going to be amazing” Courier tablet. Read about it in this article, Microsoft Kills ‘Courier’ Tablet (with Update: New reports from Hewlett Packard suggest that HP has scrapped the HP Slate, a tablet unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer earlier this year). ———————– ReWork has… Read More You Really Can’t out-Apple Apple: wisdom from the ReWork guys
When I am tired – zoned out – I play Rush Hour on my iPhone. (Dan Weston got me on to it). It is the perfect mindless game, just enough to get me to fall asleep. I don’t know who developed it for the Apple app store, but it is one of many thousands upon… Read More Wikinomics at Work: Apple and the App Store
News item: Apple Sells Out iPad Pre-Order Inventory As Launch Nears. ———– James Surowiecki is the author of the influential book, The Wisdom Of Crowds (one of the books I have presented at the First Friday Book Synopsis), and a regular columnist for The New Yorker. He is an astute observer of the trends and… Read More Never Aim for the Middle — Wisdom from James Surowiecki
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