

The battle of the bots: Amazon Alexa wins the battle, but Google Assistant needs to win the war
In a recent analysis in Business Insider, Matt Weinberger asserts that Amazon's Alexa voice-based service spells doom to Google. With all...


Putting purpose to work
Something odd has happened in business. Over time, business thinking has been so honed and so perfected that it’s now down to its raw...


Innovation at work: are we paying it lip service?
Most people intuitively know that innovation is what creates new value. And most people also know that new value has a high probability...


Executive power trips: a positional or organizational problem?
In a Wall Street Journal article entitled “The Power Trip,” it is asserted that the nice folks rise to the top, and being at the top...

Does Microsoft hate marketing?
In an Apple Insider account of a Forbes interview, Microsoft’s Chief Research & Strategy Officer Craig Mundie said the following about...


How Apple upset the apple cart
Apple’s first post-Jobs as CEO event in October 2011 may have been the most shocking presentation we’ve seen from Apple since Steve Jobs...


Design thinking: A useful myth?
I recently came across a blog post by Don Norman (Design thinking: A Useful Myth) where he argues that “design thinking” has become more...

Apple is not a technology company
At the All Things D conference earlier this year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs articulated what I felt was a substantial brand-driven statement: ...


Elegance Backfire
When I initially received this story from a colleague and friend, I agreed with his initial assessment that this bridge design is a...