Friday, April 29, 2016

Early Indications April 2016: Tesla Thoughts

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In the absence of tech IPOs, must-have new apps, or killer demos, we are in a period of waiting: will Uber continue to scale, win its lega...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Early Indications March 2016: Robotics Business Models

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For all the engineering successes of robots in the past few years, it’s unclear how the various sub-fields will make money. Past business m...
Monday, February 29, 2016

Early Indications February 2016: B2B e-Commerce update

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While there has been substantial attention paid to consumer e-commerce (Black Friday numbers, for example), the state of both practice and...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

Early Indications January 2016: Shocks

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The past month has been marked by a series of extraordinary events that would have been completely unforeseen only a year ago, or even in ...
Monday, January 25, 2016

Early Indications November 2015: Broad thoughts on the Internet of Things

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Current state The notion of an Internet of Things is at once both old and new. From the earliest days of the World Wide Web, devices were ...

Early Indications October 2015: Of colleges, jobs, and analytics

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It's funny how careers unfold. As a result of being in a particular place in a particular time, I find myself teaching analytics, supp...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Early Indications September 2015: The MBA at 100 (or so)

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It’s mostly coincidence, but the MBA degree is at something of a crossroads entering its second century. A short list of big question...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Early Indications July 2015: Crossover Points

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I recently read an enjoyable study of the airport as cultural icon (Alastair Gordon’s Naked Airport ; hat-tip to @fmbutt) and got to think...