Heritage products and the link to innovation
Heritage products are everywhere and we can’t live without them. We become even more dependent when our taste buds or emotions are influenced. Take products …
The situation trap
Clayton M. Christensen calls is disruption. Abernathy and Clark calls it radical innovation. But, at the end of the day industries and companies find themselves …
Platform operating models and platform-as-a-service options
The morphing of platform models and service models has resulted in a movement now focusing on platform-as-a-service. Platform operating models can be used in a …
The relationship between the participative customer and economic customer
The role of the customer has evolved where the act of co-production plays a more dominant role than in the previous era. This has been …
Energy and Focus
If you’re in your own business, working in a corporate, or generally working on initiatives to make a difference – some key elements of a …
The Zimbabwe Effect and other perceptive influencers
I’ve been planning a trip to Zimbabwe (for Gordon Institute of Business Science or GIBS) for the last two months. Well, there wasn’t much planning …
Cycles of convergence and divergence
There are cycles of convergence and divergence in the computer, consumer electronics, media and other industries that are confusing the general understanding of “convergence”. Convergence …
Case of Standard Bank: social media news on the go
Standard Bank has created a social news platform for their Pro20 series. It has the works; video, photos and the ability to make comments. Check …
Some ramblings (not rumblings) about protection and freedom
Would the free culture movement change the intellectual property landscape? Are we killing creativity by over-protecting our creations, by not allowing people to alter, enhance …
Intellectual property protection of marketplace platforms
Intellectual property protection (through patents) is always under scrutiny, and especially software patents. I started looking into “marketplace patents” recently and found a very confused …