An interesting review of a management book … called “It’s Not What You Say… It’s What You Do” by Laurence Haughton …. some noted gems: Laurence begins the book with a startling statistic. Fifty percent of company initiatives fall through the cracks within two years. and Most managers have a tendency to leap to conclusions, [...]
… according to this article in the New Yorker (James Surowiecki), speaking of viable business models for musicians: The music industry may be in crisis, what with illegal file-sharing, stagnant CD sales, and the decline of commercial rock radio, but the touring business is as sturdy as ever. In some ways, it is healthier than [...]
Interesting article on the benefits of integrating customer-driven innovations in ones business model … note this: User-created content has two extraordinary benefits. No. 1 is that when somebody makes a piece of content, they are so much more emotionally attached to it. It doesn’t even matter if it’s good or bad. If they made it, [...]
A small article focussing on the interface design of the new Xbox … and noting its link to the business model: With the Xbox 360, Microsoft has shifted its focus to the community aspects of gaming. The new console will center around Xbox Live, enabling users to create profiles, locate fellow gamers and communicate in [...]
Interesting article on business model innovations that lean on the content and work contributed by customers … note also that communities of customers can do important innovation work as well, besides evangelizing about products and services they like … It used to be that companies were created to serve customers. They would hire employees, build [...]
Interesting article at the WSJ.com, arguing that business models for mobile downloading of music are not ready yet, pricing is too high, design and funktionality of the devices is crappy … Still, some positive aspects remain … Handset makers and wireless carriers [...] have one big advantage in competing with Apple’s hit digital-music player: Cellphones [...]
This is an interesting read, touching many areas with meaning to people who think about the media industry, customer-generated content and innovations, remixing and so on … Funny still, that such an old and huge institution like the BBC is showing the way to (business model) innovations … the BBC — is rushing headlong to [...]
