Platforms are conduits for action. Through the platform flows the resources needed to create products, services, or new businesses. They can pivot and shift quickly. Lean, agile, and flexible describe how they operate. A platform…
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Speed to Market Is Critical
Is this the key to innovation? The faster you move to get a product or service to market, the faster you will get a response as to whether or not it meets the customer’s needs….
17 ways to be effective
1. Take a structured approach to solving problems. 2. Be rigorous. 3. Don’t let processes slow you down. 4. Treat everyone as a customer and with respect. 5. Manners are important. 6. Seek to help…
Design and business are intertwined
Sifting through various media and by maintaining awareness of one’s surroundings, one can see patterns and trends emerging in various areas such as brands, aesthetics, words, graphics, architecture, politics, speech habits, and fashion. Working in…
Stretch out and build relationships
Why build an alliance or a coalition? To achieve a larger, mutually beneficial goal. Working together is how people move forward and how progress is made in an organization, business, or government. This can be…
The right way is often hard work.
Doing things the right way is often not the easiest way. I believe this is the basic challenge of modern leadership. How do you motivate people to do something that may be counter to popular…