Deviant Abstraction

From Scott Adam’s blog.

My experience tells me this is true, even though the rationale behind might not.

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Eric Sink in his excellent blog gives us as example a product he worked on. It shows how small player outsmarts big ones but how big ones win the end (making smaller richer).

A must-read in this fantasy time.

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The link below summarizes classic issues with telcos.

This is nothing new. For instance, in the 70s, telcos have spun a massive computing innovation wave through the invention of Unix and the C language without ever being able to monetize it. (It was a useful invention for them though since it launched some of their providers.)

Currently they are stuck between VoIp and mobile data. Instead of letting innovation happen and users/subscribers select what they want (through a market), they are trying to analyze and understand what to do with them. Besides, they put an expensive QoS burden on top of all services which inherently limit “try out” strategies for their providers.

At the same time, those issues are at the heart of telcos successes. Those “rigidities” explain why they have been able to drive down cost and respect their legal obligation (mainly for emergency dials).

The next few years should be interesting for observer but hard for the telco industry.

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Here are his slides (torrent).

I have witnessed nearly all of those behaviours. It works like magic.

Management is hard so it is really easy to laugh at it.

Different people need different management strategies. For instance, between an operationnal marketing company or a high-tech startup, you do not ask the same from your employee. You do not want the same behaviour.

How To Make Your Employees Quit

Why Top Employees Quit

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A must read. This blog is becoming better and better.

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This post shows some companies are already dead since in the end, surviving is a cultural thing. I know some companies which will not make it…

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Of course US people needs to understand, one of the reason mobile is King in Japan is the time spent in public transportation.

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