Consultant's View Articles
Consultant's View, 2007
Jan 2007
Security from the First
Given enough time, energy, and motivation, any computer system can be compromised
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Wisdom of Crowds
Places like HP Labs, Yahoo Research, Microsoft, and other companies are trying to use the "wisdom of crowds"
to break through the problems that management has with new ideas.
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Feb 2007
SOA and Mashups
Mashups are the small companies' response to the large companies putting their networks on the web.
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What Makes Software So Expensive?
In the payment processing field there are two different views of software pricing.
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Mar 2007
The Long Tail
The Long Tail is about how when costs dramatically drop, companies gain the ability to offer more products.
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Its 3 AM, do you know where your laptops are?
The dogs may be barking outside your window, but that doesn’t mean that your data is safe.
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May 2007
The Heroic Journey
The Journey a Hero takes can be a metaphor for how to evaluate a company strategy.
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People Types
Do you have the right mix of Heroes, Mavericks, 9-5er's, and Dissidents?
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June 2007
7 Habits of Highly Effective Technology Leaders
Do you know what you can do to be more effective as a technology leaders?
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Is Bigger Better?
Do all the bank mergers actually make things better?
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July 2007
Making a Mess
It turns out that there are different kinds of messes and different ways to deal with them.
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August 2007
Strategy for Messes
The first step is the acceptance that the mess is there.
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Gold Collar Workers
These are top performers doing non-repetitive work in complex environments
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September 2007
Messes require Tremendous Skill
The math of messes is nearly worthless in forcasting when they will occur.
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October 2007
Creep or Leap
There are times when the market calls for a "bet the company" leap.
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When to Innovate?
At the wrong time or in the wrong area, innovation can destroy a company.
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November 2007
Too Good?
We can get stuck thinking that what we are doing is the only way.
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Ideas and Trade
What do we need to keep in mind when facing the challenges of competition?
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