A year ago when I talked to truck drivers they said ‘there’s no way a robot could do my job.’ This year they say, ‘We need to make robot trucks illegal’. Andrew Yang – 2020 US Presidential Candidate Last year, I was working on a suspense book, that had a smart killer toaster. Too cheeky. […]
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Current robots are only able to replace people in very limited circumstances. And people don’t want to work in factories. They want more comfortable jobs. That is what happens when standards of living and education rise. All people everywhere aspire to better lives. Rodney Brooks- Robot Engineer Quick robot joke? A textile mill has been automated. The mill
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VUCAN DRIVERS – PRODUCTS Old Norm New Norm Product based, ‘brick and mortar’ business model Platform based, online business model You are your work You are Brand You Ping pong table @ work History Collaborative team work Online team work Traditional company stability Disruption Company office Work @ home Machines are industrial robots Machines are co-bots
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Do you see yourself as a service provider and if so in what ways? Alternatively, are you offended by this idea? And if you are in what ways? Can a career, even yours perhaps, be managed like a product brand? What has been your career and work lifecycle? What products or services have you developed
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Successful big corporations should devolve into becoming ‘confederations of entrepreneurs.’ Norman McCrae, Editor Here’s a chicken and egg question. What’s more important: an original idea or the ability to execute the idea? Well in 1982, 80% of the Inc. Magazine’s 500 CEOs thought their company’s killer idea, product, or service lead to success. By
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If you’re a dreamer and idea person, you’re going to be in big demand if you can dream, develop, market, commercialize, and finally monetize the ideas. The critical point here is that coming up with the ideas is not good enough, the idea has to be commercial and also deployable. With all this change, your
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The real issue is value, not price. Robert Lindgren, Business person Customers are demanding aesthetically pleasing, just in time, high quality, value priced products. Examples can be found all over. Proctor & Gamble in 1992 killed its marginal brands, cut product lines, and shaved product prices thus saving consumers about $2 billion by lowering
In the future, more people will work for themselves, creating a huge market for bizarre products. Scott Adams, ‘Dilbert’ creator Monetize is all about how to make money – turning lemons into killer lemonade on a 105 degree day or even better on a 32 degree day. The challenge is that product and service
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FISH: First in. Still Here. Anonymous Most executives I know are frankly scared these days. Competitive and business rules have changed too quickly. They don’t understand their competitive landscape and its new rules. Why? There’s too much uncertainty and unknown risks. They can’t forecast based on historically, stable, and straight-line assumptions. Executives need to
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Here’s another top 12 list. Pritchett’s list is nuanced a little differently. Become a quick-change artist. Commit fully to your job. Speed up. Accept ambiguity and uncertainty. Behave like you’re in business for yourself. Stay in school. Hold yourself accountable for outcomes. Add value. See yourself as a service center. Practice kaizen (continuous improvement). Be
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