Power Generates Performance but Performance Consumes Power
In 1997, when Amazon went public, its CEO, Jeff Bezos issued a manifesto – “It’s all about the long term.” Over the ensuing 14 years, Mr. Bezos has not only honored that manifesto he has become a leading practitioner of making investments in long term growth over decisions that favor short term earnings performance. The […]
Can You Curate Innovation in Large Well-Established Companies?
This guest blog is by Karen Lippe who is a consulting partner with Wild Oak Enterprises. As a veteran marketing technologist, Karen shares her view of the challenges of innovation within the corporate structure. ~ Peter Innovation. For companies, especially those in tech, innovation defines a company. Throughout my years working in Silicon Valley, large […]
Are the Sands Beginning to Shift in the Software Business?
Just before Christmas, Oracle announced its second quarter earnings which showed that revenue rose 2% against an internal forecast of between 5% and 9%. The company attributed the results to their customers delaying both software and hardware purchases. As one analyst said, “we haven’t seen a miss like this out of these guys in years.” […]
Welcome to my One Step Ahead Blog
I will use this blog to periodically share with you my insights and thoughts on emerging issues and challenges that will confront established businesses in what for many is an unprecedented period of time. I will from time to time also include other people’s ideas and insights as I don’t begin to pretend to be […]
