Smart Levers

20/11/2015

The galaxy is 100,000 light years wide... bring a snack.

A new sci-fi comic where Earth is history, the future is bleak, and the snacks are always past their expiration date.

24/10/2015

Dan Ariely's riveting work now as a cute card game!

A thought provoking, engaging and fun way to incorporate social sciences and human behavior into a challenging and strategic game.

08/02/2015

"Marshall McLuhan is often quoted as having said, 'first we shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.'"

The legendary Ray Ozzie is back again (beginning his 4th decade run now) at crafting a collaboration tool of its time. Wishing this one far outshines his Notes, Groove, and Azure feats.

Today I’m thrilled to bring Talko to life. It’s something that I’ve dreamt about for years now – revolutionizing the voi…

20/02/2013

"...Once the television launches, everyone will scramble to copy it. There’s a pattern in our industry: Apple crystallizes the product, and the minute Apple crystallizes it, then everyone knows how to compete.” -- Marc Andreessen

Apple’s products are the envy of the world. They have been spectacularly successful and are widely imitated, if not copied. The expectation that precedes a new Apple product launch is only ma...

07/12/2012

Irresistible temptations:

http://asymconf.com/

(PS: yours truly caught with Ryan and Horace starting at 1:00 mark ;)

Horace talks about Asymconf and what to expect from the conference. On 30 January 2013. Tickets: http://asymconf.com

26/11/2012

Brutal, comprehensive, compelling analysis...

Anybody know a decent piece that makes a plausible case on the other side?

Microsoft is in deep trouble, their two main product lines are failing, and the blame game is intensifying.

30/10/2012

Can there be an upside to losing both your legs?

"I didn't have to be 5'5" anymore. I could be as tall as I wanted."

On the power of imagination and storying your life.

Amy Purdy talks about the power of imagination. She explains how our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but by the choices we make. Imagination ...

30/10/2012

"I'm an economist. I do dismal."

Throughout his three-decade career here at the University of Waterloo, Larry Smith has inspired legions of students to take up the mantle of economics with h...

25/10/2012

Can a late entrant with a poor price-to-features ratio disrupt an incumbent with a superior ratio?

Well, prepare to witness the iPad (classic) fall behind the iPad mini within two years.

Because small is beautiful (not necessarily cheap).

25/10/2012

“If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

03/10/2012

"I’ve never witnessed steady state, quiescent markets in technology. The history of platforms is always virtuous cycles followed by vicious declines. Whatever amplifies success seems to also amplify failure...
..In a discontinuous framework it’s important to look for unfair, unsustainable advantages that can be capitalized. Once exploited the advantage often disappears. The victim assumes it becomes sustainable. The survivor looks for another advantage." ­­— Horace Dediu

Quarterly financial data is often a lagging indicator of strategic success. RIM’s vital signs were exceptionally strong up until early 2011. Consider the following graph showing RIM’s device growth.

01/10/2012

“Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled.”
-- Howard Stevenson