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,

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

Vision: Setting Direction

Problem Managers and employees often complain that they are not certain of the direction of their organization. Surprisingly, this problem is not unique. Many executives fail to create a unified direction for their employees and, if they do create it, they fail to let employees “own” it. It is important that all levels of Sr.