This week I had the privilege of attending IBM’s Think Leadership Forum celebrating the company’s remarkable 100 years of success. One of the more thought provoking presentations was from Tom Friedman, NY Times Foreign Affairs Columnist and co-author of the recent book “That Used To Be Us” (and yes also author of that influential book [...]
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Yesterday’s decision by HP to sell of its PC business prompted me to consider this question of HW vs. SW. I believe the decision by HP to sell of its PC business is the right one (IBM made the same decision in 2005 and was able to transform the company into a highly profitable services [...]
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I recently looked up the definition of Enterprise Software in Wikipedia and saw the following description: ”Enterprise software, also known as enterprise application software (EAS), is software used in organizations, such as a business or government, as opposed to software chosen by individuals.” The first part of the definition seemed good enough. It was the second part [...]
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It has been a couple of months since my last post – but I think I have a good reason. As many of you know I recently took on the CEO role at a company called Streetline Inc. Going into any new company takes its time and effort and hence the delayed posts. But here [...]
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Vilfredo Pareto is one of my all time hero’s. His famous 80/20 rule has on numerous occasions saved me a lot of time and effort. It is actually quite incredible how often this simple rule that 80% of effects come from 20% of the causes shapes our thinking and our actions. It is equally incredible how [...]
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I have been attending TED for a couple of years and again this year was amazed by the speakers and their insights. For those of you not familiar with TED I would suggest that you visit the TED website where you will find a treasure chest of the most amazing talks on a broad range of subjects [...]
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