Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Small businesses have an enormous advantage in their ability to help people connect to the purpose of the organization, AND enable them to see that what they’re doing is contributing to that purpose in a meaningful way. This importance was hammered home to me in a lunch meeting with “Sandy,” who recently moved to a much larger organization.

Customer Intimacy 133

Customer Intimacy Hammer Competitive Advantage Organization 133

Six Disciplines

MAY 17, 2013

Small businesses have an enormous advantage in their ability to help people connect to the purpose of the organization, AND enable them to see that what they’re doing is contributing to that purpose in a meaningful way. This importance was hammered home to me in a lunch meeting with “Sandy,” who recently moved to a much larger organization.

Customer Intimacy 116

Customer Intimacy Hammer Competitive Advantage Organization 116

Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2020

N OW that almost everyone is working from home, startup founders looking to raise money from investors will need to do so remotely. So, what do I mean by the story? In recent times, it seems the trend is that entrepreneurs will email me their slides before the call. In fact, in-person pitches may now be a thing of the past.

Tips 322

Tips Entrepreneur Hammer Venture Capitalist 322

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

These companies are investing millions into intelligent systems for situation assessment, prediction analysis, learning-based recognition systems, conversational interfaces, and recommendation engines. I am here to ask you not to do this. Really, don’t do this. Of course you do. Insight Center. The Age of AI.

Technology 8

Technology Hammer Analysis Competitive Advantage 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Unusually Excellent explains why your employees may not see you as a leader…and what you can do to change their hearts and minds. The business environment may change, but no management trend can displace the core laws, proven over centuries, of excellent leadership. You’re really just masquerading.

CEO 57

CEO How To Venture Capitalist Follow-up 57

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

AlphaGo’s success is emblematic of a broader trend: An explosion of data and advances in algorithms have made technology smarter than ever before. If all you have is a hammer, then everything will look like a nail. kenneth andersson FOR HBR. Remember Long-Term Capital Management ?

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

The returns continue to exceed expectations: Social ads now drive a major portion of our enterprise-level customer leads and do so at a lower cost than any other paid ad channel. Heres what weve learned about how to use paid social effectively: 1) Use free social media to beta-test your paid social ads. of the time.

Advertising 9

Advertising Media Audience Follow-up 9