I’ve been thinking about innovation recently, how little I see of it at work, which seems strange because mine is a company that really does seem to value innovation. I’ve concluded that the reason is that we have attempted to combine a culture of innovation with a culture of visibility. ...
I read this tweet today, quoting outgoing Citrix CEO Mark Templeton : "Citrix started with a fundamental idea that work is not a place" Mark Templeton @Citrix CEO #CitrixMobilityDC — David Smith (@DavidSmith_IT) June 10, 2014 Having worked on collaboration services for decades and promoted virtual team working, mobile working...
I had a great meeting yesterday with one of our strategic partners, it was a casual affair, just me and their chief architect and account exec. We were working through their development plans and I was doing a product/strategy review. One of the things that was worthy of note in...
As part of my efforts to restore my health over the last decade I’ve done quite a lot of research into happiness. I’ve also developed a deep interest in sustainable living and how we cope globally with rising consumption and dwindling resources. I’ve felt for a long time that the...
I’m starting to get my thoughts together in preparation for a session on business development strategy. This is an area that’s fairly new to me, so I’m in research and idea generation mode. Today I’ve been trying to put myself in the mind of a customer, playing around with what...
Like all good strategists I’m planning for my retirement, which will probably come some time in the next 5 years. Retirement will bring with it the biggest change in my lifestyle since I became chronically ill about 13 years ago. Such a huge change requires careful consideration and one of...
I’m designing an organisation again this week, which will make about 7 in my career so far. It’s a fun job, but not as fun as designing products and service offerings. When I’ve designed products I’ve always felt that I have great creative freedom, specially when designing for software development. ...
I’ve just started to read the classic Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and it opens with a description of the people who shaped his life. It struck me that I’m gradually forgetting the names of those that shaped mine, so I had better get them written down quickly, they are important...
I started using a tablet within a few months of them existing in the market place, I’ve owned many an iPad since they were released, but I’m still a passionate laptop user. I’m currently using a Thinkpad x230 and an iPad mini and truth be told I’m mostly satisfied. I...
I was discussing how we develop a strategy yesterday and the topic turned to the need for a structure or scaffold around which a strategy would be built. I’ve long believed that when you create a document you should carefully create the contents list first and as you jot down...