Using Data to Make Better Decisions
Data is becoming increasingly available and important for decision making. Beyond finding patterns and relationships, we can use data to help us detect anomalies.
Bandwidth and the Emerging Network Divide
Robust optical fiber networks are rapidly emerging, which provide new capabilities opportunities for citizens and organizations to connect, and new challenges and planning considerations for public and private-sector leaders.
Blockchain and Startup Ecosystems
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Speculation In recent news, there has been considerable focus on bitcoin and its dramatic price swings. In March of 2014, I attended 500 Startups Bitcoinference. At the conference, the price of one bitcoin was approximately $580 and, soon after the conference, the…
Finding Gold Among the Gray
Young seniors (ages 65-74), are the fastest growing demographic in the United States, constituting about 9% of the population. Business and public-sector leaders have both an opportunity and a challenge to adjust their products and services to this growing segment.
Mind the Gap: Few Companies Survive Market Shifts
Most companies fail to successfully transform when there is a fundamental market change resulting from technological, socioeconomic, or political shifts.
Business Campaign Management
Military campaign planning contains several elements that work together to give a common structure, which can be applied in some aspects to business strategy implementation.
Your Brand and Blockchain
Many ICOs are raising significant capital on just an idea. Executives should be aware that to provide credibility to these ideas, some are engaging with seasoned business executives to lend their brand to the project.
Business and the Operational Art
Many of the principles of military strategy and planning are directly applicable to business operations, although these concepts must be contextualized for the specific business environment.
Leadership and Strategy in a Changing World
New models of organization and strategic planning are required to excel in a environment of rapid change. Catalyst is a call to action for organizations to be more proactive and deliberate about building an informed picture of the future when building strategy.
Responsible Experimentation with Blockchain
Permissioned systems provide opportunities for established businesses and public entities to begin experimenting with blockchain technology while maintaining control, so that important trade-off decisions can be made deliberately.