In this 7P’s section, we discuss the core Process paradigm. Process work means different things depending on context. Process work for big companies involves core work processes that are repetitive, continuous, and controlled. Process work involves developing new business models – new ways to solve a problem, add value, make a decision, and innovate a service. For example, Amazon’s …
What do you think the rules for engagement with a smart machine should be? Can a machine take your job and replace you? How can the machine help you work efficiently, effectively, and economically? How do you think you can work with a machine to augment, supplement, or complement your decision making and problem solving? …
When you make the decision to start something new, first figure out the jobs you want to do. Then position yourself to play where no one else is playing. Whitney Johnson – Writer When should you self-disrupt? There’s no easy answer. However, it’s about your personal COVID risk assessment. Do you know your personal value …
You now have to decide what ‘image’ you want for your brand. Image means personality. Products, like people, have personalities, and they can make or break them in the market place. David Ogilvy – Marketing Guru Many executives I know are frankly scared these days. Competitive and business rules have been disrupted too quickly. They don’t …
Don’t lament so much about how your career is going to turn out. You don’t have a career. You have a life. Do the work. Keep the faith. Cheryl Strayed – Writer VUCAN workers around the world are angry and resisting. I live and work in Portland Oregon. Portland is the epicenter of Gen Z and millennial angst …
In a post COVID economy, start up and small business work may be the new normal. The largest employer in many countries is small businesses. Small business is hard. Hours are long. Profit margins are slim. And, governments most of the time don’t look out for small business interests Small businesses throughout the world generate new …
If you’re not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold. Tim O’Reilly CEO O’Reilly The other day I was watching Dickens’s Tale of Two Cities movie. I was really stunned how it reflects the life of a startup. It’s been a while since you read it in high school, so here’s …
The American Dream is still alive out there and hard work will get you there. You don’t necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination. Bill Rancic – Entrepreneur A common theme in Working It is there are …
If you cannot fail, you cannot learn. Eric Ries – Author COVID unemployed millions. What are these folks gonna do? May be, they should consider thinking, creating, and doing something different. But as you know, nothing comes free. There’s no free lunch. A great idea executed effectively can’t guarantee instant success. This is done through …
As you consider building your own minimum viable product, let this simple rule suffice: remove any feature, process, or effort that does not contribute directly to the learning you seek. Eric Ries – Lean Startup Author Eric Ries is the author of the Lean Startup. The idea of the Lean Startup is to start small, …