The Trust Channel

The Postal Service can continue to evolve and operate more like a private-sector business.” ~ Megan J. Brennan, New Postmaster’s Goal: Act Like Private Sector, WSJ.com Trust – Postal Service’s Greatest Asset For centuries postal services in every country across the globe have aimed to serve the people by being the trusted guardians of the

Smart City: If you build it for the People, they will come

Government needs to take a lead in removing barriers to innovation and facilitating collaboration between multiple diverse actors. ~ The Smart City Market Challenges of building a Smart City Smart City efforts are being initiated by cities across the globe. Regardless of the size of effort and investment, enabling smart technologies at large scale have a number of challenges.

Innovation vs. Automation: Digital Business Model

It’s not enough to make a difference on product quality or delivery readiness or production scale. It’s important to innovate in areas where our competition does not act. ~ CEO, IBM Global CEO Report Innovation in Business Models Innovation in business model drives the creation of new markets and/or increases existing ones. Companies like Apple,

ReEvolution of IT: Why CIOs should Own Digital Future

As products evolve to contain more and more digital components, the skills, experiences and best practices of IT become crucial for success of product development in a digital world. by Patrick Meehan and Tomas Nielsen Owning the Digital Future I remember when this IBM commercial first came out in mid 2000’s.  I was very excited about

Strategic Planning: Why Boeing wants to do it like #AppleLive

“Rather than take on expensive, gargantuan projects like the 787 Dreamliner, which CEO Jim McNerney characterized as ‘moon shots,’ he said he wants Boeing ‘to be more like Apple’ with its carefully planned development strategies on successful product launches.”~ The Street  Start At The Top Apple has traditionally used “stories” to communicate Mission and Vision statements

Team Based Strategic Planning Process

  Strategic Planning Process that incorporates both strategy and business planning processes. The Bottom Up | Top Down Approach can be attributed to “Team Based Planning” by C. Davis Fogg. I have modified the process to provide both an alignment with strategic solutions development and digital/IT roadmap planning.

Integrated Business Planning Process

  Integrated Business Planning Process: Provides a good summary of all Business Planning, Strategic Planning and Operational Planning. This work is entirely contributed to Charles P. Sitkin in affiliation with Carnegie Mellon University.