Consulting Kickstart
🔴 Consulting kickstart -7- Spinning the ABC flywheel
We're nearing the end of our kickstart program and shifting from tactical to more strategic advice on managing a progressively self-sustaining business.
Latest
🟢 Looking back at my 2022 predictions...
As I do from time to time, I like to share my thought process about foreseeing key turnarounds in tech and global markets as they shape the way innovators create new businesses and rewrite the status quo. Here's the regional article: My 12 predictions for 2023Let’s get
AI
AI and journalism might not be that complicated after all
Zach Seward (editorial director of AI initiatives at The New York Times) just gave a a cogent and educated deep-dive on how artificial intelligence has been (mostly) ill-used by media up to now, and (in a few cases) remarkably well. AI news that’s fit to printHow news organizations are
Consulting Kickstart
🔴 Consulting kickstart -5- Refining the elastic pitch
We're now crossing the halfway line of our program after having addressed expertise, pricing, and started to prepare market launch. This week, we refine our pitch and the various forms of marketing we need. Conveniently one central framework will allow us to get there.
AI
When your AI will not like Boeing anymore...
Kayak, the travel booking aggregator app, has been offering a filter for a few months now that allows you to include or exclude certain planes from your travel research. This means that a great number of customers have been more than happy to filter out the Boeing 737 Max. Some
Toolbox
On wicked problems and when 'methods' become dangerous
I discovered a long, fantastically written, and deep article from 2019 on Design Thinking and the story of IDEO from x in 2019. At this point, you're probably bored to death by these discussions, and the few of you still using this methodology have understood its limits and
Newsletter
🟢 Why money raised and startup valuation is the worst possible KPI
An ongoing discussion I'm frequently involved in is how chasing investment and capital raised as the key indicator for any startup ecosystem is not a KPI in any shape or form. But it's an indicator that the media loves, public authorities 'understand,' and worse,
AI
What will be automatized next? A preview of the next business shifts
I recently stole this chart from a U.S. think tank called the American Enterprise Institute, and it's fascinating. The charts essentially compound the price evolution of key consumer goods against inflation for the last +10 years: Mostly, the American think tank argues that the government is bad
Weak Signals
There's no such thing as a price ceiling...
In the world of luxury hospitality, the bar for how much a night costs keeps getting higher. Not long ago, dropping $1,000 for a night's stay seemed excessive, even for the ultra-wealthy. But today, that's barely enough to get your foot in the door at
Consulting Kickstart
🔴 Consulting kickstart -6- Growing a customer community
The notion of customer community might be overused and debased, but when understood is certainly the core of a strong and resilient consulting business. As always, we'll see some practical approaches to get you started and grow such a network.
Technology
Curbing Siri's enthusiasm...
Even without considering my deep love for Larry David, you have to admit that this is the best encapsulation of where Apple's efforts on making AI accessible on iPhones are at: As I was pointing out this week, the zeitgeist is not kind for incumbents GAFAM missing the
Strategy
🟢 Samsung and the scatter gun innovation strategy
Nearly two years ago, Samsung launched a new TV. Given the pace at which Samsung does throw products in the market, this is anything but breaking news. Except this TV encountered an incredible success. Its name is The Frame, and its core gimmick is that it's a very