David Glideh gave a talk at Unsexy Startups in London on the future of the enterprise, building on an using some of the key themes in the […]
Continue readingWe are all expectation machines
Unlearning is potentially more important than learning{{1}} as it allows us to sweep away concepts and preferences that are now longer relevant, clearing the way […]
Continue readingIs your organisation irrelevant?
It doesn’t really matter which which way up you put the organisational pyramid the statically defined, stable organisation is looking quaint and increasingly irrelevant.
Continue readingUnlearning is the most important thing
We’ve all become obsessed with learning over the last few years. The world is changing quite rapidly and we need to constantly learn new tricks […]
Continue readingGovernance isn’t a process
For some strange reason every time someone mentions ‘governance’ all sense is thrown out the window, the process wonks rub their hands with glee, and […]
Continue readingObserve, Orient, Decide, Act
It seems that I’ve shared this with four or five different groups of people over the last couple of weeks, so I thought it worthwhile […]
Continue readingThree questions you need to ask
There's three questions you need to ask yourself before you invest a large chunk of cash in some enterprise application: Can I use something, rather […]
Continue readingTechnological Considerations of AML/CTF Programs
I had the chance in the last couple of months to review the (very old) chapter Technological Considerations of AML/CTF Programs chapter the I wrote […]
Continue readingThe Roots of Synthesis
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Continue readingDavid has the edge on Goliath
Is success in business due to luck or hard work? It used to be that if you worked hard and invested astutely in your business that you could expect to be rewarded. Build it and they will come. Times have changed though, and more and more often it seems that all that hard work goes to waste when an unknown (and previously unseen) competitor emerges from nowhere to steal the market from under your nose. Success has become random with the business environment perpetually unstable and in constant flux. The market is hit-driven rather than being based on careful investment. Success now depends on coming up with the right product at the right time, and having a fairly large dose of luck. Business development used to mean investing in your business and building up the assets under its control. Now it means maximising your business’s luck (or minimising the luck of others).
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